About Silana Village

Silana is one of the larger villages in Kharkhoda tehsil, in the district of Sonipat, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,173, made up of 2,831 males and 2,342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1282 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 131408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silana village
Description	Value
State	Haryana
District	Sonipat
Tehsil	Kharkhoda
Pincode	131408
Area (hectares)	1282 hectares
Population	5,173
Male Population	2,831
Female Population	2,342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	827
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silana compares

By the 2011 count Silana is the 5th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,159 residents. Its 1282 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 848.

Getting to Silana

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

Silana lies about 18 km from Sonipat, and the nearest railway station is Mohana, 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 Silana
Tehsil headquarters	Kharkhoda	8.9 km
Nearest town	Kharkhauda	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Mohana	12 km
District headquarters	Sonipat	18 km

Villages closest to Silana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silana village had a population of 5,173. That makes it the 5th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,159 residents.

Silana village has 2,831 males and 2,342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silana has about 827 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 848.

The pincode recorded for Silana is 131408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silana covers 1282 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silana falls under Kharkhoda tehsil of Sonipat district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Silana is Mohana, 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Silana.

Silana is about 18 km from Sonipat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silana is in Kharkhoda tehsil of Sonipat district. Kharkhoda is about 8.9 km away. Kharkhauda is about 8.9 km away. Mohana is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.