About Silaju Village

Silaju is a mid sized village in Ramanujganj tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,901, made up of 962 males and 939 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 522.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silaju Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silaju village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Ramanujganj
Pincode	497220
Area (hectares)	522.57 hectares
Population	1,901
Male Population	962
Female Population	939
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silaju compares

By the 2011 count Silaju is the 28th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 522.57 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Silaju

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

Silaju lies about 103 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Ramna, about 29 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 Silaju
Nearest railway station	Ramna	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramanujganj	32 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	37 km
District headquarters	Surguja	103 km

Villages closest to Silaju

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silaju village had a population of 1,901. That makes it the 28th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Silaju village has 962 males and 939 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silaju has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Silaju is 497220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silaju covers 522.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silaju falls under Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silaju is Ramna, about 29 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 Silaju.

Silaju is about 103 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silaju is in Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district. Ramna is about 29 km away. Ramanujganj is about 32 km away. Garhwa is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.