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About Silajuri Village

Silajuri is a large village in Chandankiyari tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,954, made up of 3,080 males and 1,874 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 608 females per 1000 males. The village covers 912.83 hectares hectares.

Silajuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silajuri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Chandankiyari
Area (hectares) 912.83 hectares
Population 4,954
Male Population 3,080
Female Population 1,874
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 608
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Silajuri compares

By the 2011 count Silajuri is the 6th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,820 residents. Its 912.83 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Silajuri

Silajuri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silajuri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sanrboa, Shankhakunri, Sharishakuri and Shibbabudi. 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 Silajuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Silajuri village had a population of 4,954. That makes it the 6th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,820 residents.

Silajuri village has 3,080 males and 1,874 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silajuri has about 608 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Silajuri covers 912.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silajuri falls under Chandankiyari tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Silajuri notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silajuri.

Silajuri is in Chandankiyari tehsil of Bokaro 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 Silajuri today is likely to be higher.

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