About Silasan Village

Silasan is a small village in Bhiloda tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 254 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383245, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silasan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silasan village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Sabar Kantha
Tehsil	Bhiloda
Pincode	383245
Area (hectares)	277.53 hectares
Population	491
Male Population	254
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silasan compares

By the 2011 count Silasan is the 138th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,377 residents. Its 277.53 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Silasan

Silasan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silasan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silasan from other places

Silasan lies about 22 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Kadiyadra, about 15 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 Silasan
Tehsil headquarters	Bhiloda	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kadiyadra	15 km
Nearest town	Idar	20 km
District headquarters	Sabar Kantha	22 km

Villages closest to Silasan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silasan village had a population of 491. That makes it the 138th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,377 residents.

Silasan village has 254 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silasan has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Silasan is 383245. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silasan covers 277.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silasan falls under Bhiloda tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Silasan is Kadiyadra, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silasan.

Silasan is about 22 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silasan is in Bhiloda tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Bhiloda is about 9.3 km away. Kadiyadra is about 15 km away. Idar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.