About Silra Village

Silra is one of the larger villages in Jainagar tehsil, in the district of Madhubani, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,629, made up of 3,500 males and 3,129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 688.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 847226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Madhubani
Tehsil	Jainagar
Pincode	847226
Area (hectares)	688.7 hectares
Population	6,629
Male Population	3,500
Female Population	3,129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silra compares

By the 2011 count Silra is the 9th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 8,187 residents. Its 688.7 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Silra

Silra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Silra as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Pachhar, Parsa, Parwa and Rajauli. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Silra

As per the Census of India 2011, Silra village had a population of 6,629. That makes it the 9th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 8,187 residents.

Silra village has 3,500 males and 3,129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silra has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Silra is 847226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silra covers 688.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silra falls under Jainagar tehsil of Madhubani district in Bihar.

The census record for Silra notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Silra is in Jainagar tehsil of Madhubani district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.