About Silajuri Village

Silajuri is a mid sized village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 561, made up of 300 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silajuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silajuri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814144
Area (hectares)	253.64 hectares
Population	561
Male Population	300
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silajuri compares

By the 2011 count Silajuri is the 52nd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 253.64 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 1010.

Getting to Silajuri

Silajuri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sankakandar, Sarpahari, Semolsot and Sihulibana. 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.

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Common questions about Silajuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Silajuri village had a population of 561. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Silajuri village has 300 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silajuri has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Silajuri is 814144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silajuri covers 253.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silajuri falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Silajuri notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Silajuri.

Silajuri is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka 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.