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About Silyari Village

Silyari is a small village in Bilha tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 344, made up of 169 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silyari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silyari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Bilha
Pincode 495224
Area (hectares) 170.98 hectares
Population 344
Male Population 169
Female Population 175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Silyari compares

By the 2011 count Silyari is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,515 residents. Its 170.98 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Silyari

Silyari is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Silyari as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silyari from other places

Silyari lies about 23 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Dagori, about 3.5 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 Silyari
Nearest railway station Dagori 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Bilha 8.7 km
Nearest town Bhātāpāra 22 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 23 km

Villages closest to Silyari

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.

Common questions about Silyari

As per the Census of India 2011, Silyari village had a population of 344. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,515 residents.

Silyari village has 169 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silyari has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Silyari is 495224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silyari covers 170.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silyari falls under Bilha tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silyari is Dagori, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silyari.

Silyari is about 23 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silyari is in Bilha tehsil of Bilaspur district. Dagori is about 3.5 km away. Bilha is about 8.7 km away. Bhātāpāra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karahi (under 2 km), Murkuta (under 2 km) and Churaghat (under 2 km).

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

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