About Silpahri Village

Silpahri is a large village in Bilha tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,688, made up of 1,356 males and 1,332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 417.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495004, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silpahri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silpahri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Bilha
Pincode	495004
Area (hectares)	417.17 hectares
Population	2,688
Male Population	1,356
Female Population	1,332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silpahri compares

By the 2011 count Silpahri is the 12th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,515 residents. Its 417.17 hectares work out to about 6.4 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 978.

Getting to Silpahri

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

Silpahri lies about 8.5 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Bilaspur Junction, about 5.4 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 Silpahri
Nearest railway station	Bilaspur Junction	5.4 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	8.5 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bilha	17 km

Villages closest to Silpahri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silpahri village had a population of 2,688. That makes it the 12th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,515 residents.

Silpahri village has 1,356 males and 1,332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silpahri has about 982 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 978.

The pincode recorded for Silpahri is 495004. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silpahri covers 417.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silpahri falls under Bilha tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silpahri is Bilaspur Junction, about 5.4 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Silpahri.

Silpahri is about 8.5 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silpahri is in Bilha tehsil of Bilaspur district. Bilaspur Junction is about 5.4 km away. Bilaspur is about 8.5 km away. Bilāspur is about 8.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.