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About Silhauri Village

Silhauri is one of the larger villages in Marhaura tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,315, made up of 2,802 males and 2,513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246 hectares hectares.

Silhauri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silhauri village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Marhaura
Area (hectares) 246 hectares
Population 5,315
Male Population 2,802
Female Population 2,513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silhauri compares

By the 2011 count Silhauri is the 8th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,345 residents. Its 246 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Silhauri

Silhauri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silhauri 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 Silhauri from other places

Silhauri lies about 26 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Shilhauri Halt, about 1.6 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 Silhauri
Nearest railway station Shilhauri Halt 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Marhaura 2.9 km
District headquarters Saran 26 km

Villages closest to Silhauri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Marhaura 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 Silhauri

As per the Census of India 2011, Silhauri village had a population of 5,315. That makes it the 8th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,345 residents.

Silhauri village has 2,802 males and 2,513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silhauri has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Silhauri covers 246 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Silhauri falls under Marhaura tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Silhauri is Shilhauri Halt, about 1.6 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 Silhauri.

Silhauri is about 26 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silhauri is in Marhaura tehsil of Saran district. Shilhauri Halt is about 1.6 km away. Marhaura is about 2.9 km away. Saran is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ata (under 2 km), Hasanpura (2.0 km) and Tehti (2.1 km).

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

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