About Silwar Village

Silwar is a small village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 326, made up of 178 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	94 hectares
Population	326
Male Population	178
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silwar compares

By the 2011 count Silwar is the 141st largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 94 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 962.

Getting to Silwar

Silwar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silwar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Silwar from other places

Silwar lies about 24 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 40 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 Silwar
Nearest town	Sherghāti	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	24 km
District headquarters	Chatra	24 km
Nearest railway station	Bansinala Halt	40 km

Villages closest to Silwar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Silwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwar village had a population of 326. That makes it the 141st largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Silwar village has 178 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwar has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Silwar is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silwar covers 94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silwar falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Silwar is Bansinala Halt, about 40 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silwar.

Silwar is about 24 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwar is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 17 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 24 km away. Chatra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.