About Silpahari Village

Silpahari is a mid sized village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 750, made up of 368 males and 382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silpahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814148
Area (hectares)	34.64 hectares
Population	750
Male Population	368
Female Population	382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
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 Silpahari compares

By the 2011 count Silpahari is the 32nd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 34.64 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Silpahari

Silpahari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Silpahari 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silpahari from other places

Silpahari lies about 11 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Kurwa, 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 Silpahari
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	11 km
District headquarters	Dumka	11 km
Nearest railway station	Kurwa	12 km

Villages closest to Silpahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silpahari village had a population of 750. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Silpahari village has 368 males and 382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silpahari has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Silpahari is 814148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silpahari covers 34.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Silpahari falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Silpahari is Kurwa, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silpahari.

Silpahari is about 11 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silpahari is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Ranishwar is about 11 km away. Dumka is about 11 km away. Kurwa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.