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About Silet Village

Silet is one of the larger villages in Saur Bazar tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,940, made up of 3,625 males and 3,315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1017 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silet village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saharsa
Tehsil Saur Bazar
Pincode 852221
Area (hectares) 1017 hectares
Population 6,940
Male Population 3,625
Female Population 3,315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 914
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silet compares

By the 2011 count Silet is the 9th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 4,293 residents. Its 1017 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Silet

Silet is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silet as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silet from other places

Silet lies about 12 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Methai, about 8.4 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 Silet
Tehsil headquarters Saur Bazar 2.0 km
Nearest railway station Methai 8.4 km
District headquarters Saharsa 12 km

Villages closest to Silet

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

Common questions about Silet

As per the Census of India 2011, Silet village had a population of 6,940. That makes it the 9th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,293 residents.

Silet village has 3,625 males and 3,315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silet has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Silet is 852221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silet covers 1017 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silet falls under Saur Bazar tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Silet is Methai, about 8.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Silet.

Silet is about 12 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silet is in Saur Bazar tehsil of Saharsa district. Saur Bazar is about 2.0 km away. Methai is about 8.4 km away. Saharsa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sahuria (under 2 km), Bhawanipur (1.8 km) and Raghunathpur (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Silet today is likely to be higher.

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