About Silaunja Village

Silaunja is a mid sized village in Bodh Gaya tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,785, made up of 908 males and 877 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199 hectares hectares.

Silaunja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silaunja village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Bodh Gaya
Area (hectares)	199 hectares
Population	1,785
Male Population	908
Female Population	877
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silaunja compares

By the 2011 count Silaunja is the 41st largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 199 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 959.

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 5 - 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
Tehsil headquarters	Bodh Gaya	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Bandhua	9.2 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 Bodh Gaya 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 1,785. That makes it the 41st largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Silaunja village has 908 males and 877 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silaunja has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 959.

Silaunja covers 199 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silaunja falls under Bodh Gaya 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 5 - 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 Bodh Gaya tehsil of Gaya district. Bodh Gaya is about 3.6 km away. Bandhua is about 9.2 km away. Gaya is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.