About Siltara Village

Siltara is a mid sized village in Pathariya tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,668, made up of 830 males and 838 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 554.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496331, 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	Pathariya
Pincode	496331
Area (hectares)	554.65 hectares
Population	1,668
Male Population	830
Female Population	838
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Siltara compares

By the 2011 count Siltara is the 26th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 554.65 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

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 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 Siltara from other places

Siltara lies about 39 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 30 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	Pathariya	5.0 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	13 km
Nearest railway station	Belha	30 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	39 km

Villages closest to Siltara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathariya 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 1,668. That makes it the 26th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Siltara village has 830 males and 838 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siltara has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Siltara is 496331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siltara covers 554.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siltara falls under Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Siltara is Belha, about 30 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 Siltara.

Siltara is about 39 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 Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pathariya is about 5.0 km away. Mungeli is about 13 km away. Belha is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.