About Siltara Village

Siltara is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 769, made up of 402 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siltara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siltara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	240.83 hectares
Population	769
Male Population	402
Female Population	367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Siltara compares

By the 2011 count Siltara is the 151st largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 240.83 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Siltara

Siltara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Siltara 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Siltara from other places

Siltara lies about 57 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 41 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 Siltara
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	7.8 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	41 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	57 km

Villages closest to Siltara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Siltara village had a population of 769. That makes it the 151st largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Siltara village has 402 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siltara has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Siltara is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siltara covers 240.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siltara falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Siltara is Kargi Road, about 41 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Siltara is about 57 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siltara is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 7.8 km away. Mungeli is about 20 km away. Kargi Road is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.