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About Khera Silajit Village

Khera Silajit is a large village in Sarila tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,038, made up of 2,163 males and 1,875 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1255.9 hectares hectares.

Khera Silajit Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera Silajit village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Sarila
Area (hectares) 1255.9 hectares
Population 4,038
Male Population 2,163
Female Population 1,875
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khera Silajit compares

By the 2011 count Khera Silajit is the 5th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 1255.9 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 842.

Getting to Khera Silajit

Khera Silajit is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khera Silajit 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. The nearest villages by name are Kemokhar, Kesarganj, Khajuri and Khandaut. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khera Silajit

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera Silajit village had a population of 4,038. That makes it the 5th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Khera Silajit village has 2,163 males and 1,875 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera Silajit has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 842.

Khera Silajit covers 1255.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khera Silajit falls under Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Khera Silajit notes the nearest railway station 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 Khera Silajit.

Khera Silajit is in Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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