About Silaunja Village

Silaunja is one of the larger villages in Belaganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,891, made up of 3,540 males and 3,351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 564 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 804403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silaunja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silaunja village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Belaganj
Pincode	804403
Area (hectares)	564 hectares
Population	6,891
Male Population	3,540
Female Population	3,351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silaunja compares

By the 2011 count Silaunja is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 564 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Silaunja

Silaunja is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silaunja as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silaunja from other places

Silaunja lies about 13 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bandhua, about 9.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Silaunja
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Bandhua	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Belaganj	13 km
District headquarters	Gaya	13 km

Villages closest to Silaunja

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Belaganj tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Silaunja

As per the Census of India 2011, Silaunja village had a population of 6,891. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Silaunja village has 3,540 males and 3,351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silaunja has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Silaunja is 804403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silaunja covers 564 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silaunja falls under Belaganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Silaunja is Bandhua, about 9.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silaunja.

Silaunja is about 13 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silaunja is in Belaganj tehsil of Gaya district. Bodh Gaya is about 3.6 km away. Bandhua is about 9.2 km away. Belaganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.