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About Siltara Village

Siltara is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 616, made up of 291 males and 325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. The village covers 328.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494333, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siltara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siltara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 494333
Area (hectares) 328.48 hectares
Population 616
Male Population 291
Female Population 325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,117
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Siltara compares

By the 2011 count Siltara is the 56th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 328.48 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

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 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 9.1 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 25 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
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 19 km
Nearest town Kānker 19 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 25 km

Villages closest to Siltara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Siltara village had a population of 616. That makes it the 56th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Siltara village has 291 males and 325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siltara has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Siltara is 494333. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siltara covers 328.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Siltara falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Siltara is Keoti, about 25 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 km distance for Siltara.

Siltara is about 9.1 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siltara is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 9.1 km away. Kanker is about 19 km away. Kānker is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kapsi (under 2 km), Bhairadih (2.7 km) and Talakurra (3.2 km).

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

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