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About Silpahari Village

Silpahari is a mid sized village in Marwahi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,809, made up of 886 males and 923 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1580.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silpahari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Marwahi
Pincode 491557
Area (hectares) 1580.38 hectares
Population 1,809
Male Population 886
Female Population 923
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silpahari compares

By the 2011 count Silpahari is the 16th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 1580.38 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Silpahari

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

Silpahari lies about 90 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Harri, about 16 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 Silpahari
Tehsil headquarters Marwahi 14 km
Nearest railway station Harri 16 km
Nearest town Pasān 18 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 90 km

Villages closest to Silpahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silpahari village had a population of 1,809. That makes it the 16th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Silpahari village has 886 males and 923 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silpahari has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Silpahari is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silpahari covers 1580.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silpahari falls under Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silpahari is Harri, about 16 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 village for Silpahari.

Silpahari is about 90 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silpahari is in Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Marwahi is about 14 km away. Harri is about 16 km away. Pasān is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Latkoni Khurd (1.9 km), Salhekota (3.4 km) and Kodawahi (4.0 km).

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

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