About Siltara Village

Siltara is a mid sized village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 983, made up of 487 males and 496 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siltara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siltara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Kurud
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	349.16 hectares
Population	983
Male Population	487
Female Population	496
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
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 90th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 349.16 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

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 28 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sirry, about 12 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
Nearest railway station	Sirry	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kurud	18 km
Nearest town	Nawāpāra	26 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	28 km

Villages closest to Siltara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kurud 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 983. That makes it the 90th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Siltara village has 487 males and 496 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siltara has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Siltara is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siltara covers 349.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siltara falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Siltara is Sirry, about 12 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 28 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siltara is in Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Sirry is about 12 km away. Kurud is about 18 km away. Nawāpāra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.