About Silong Village

Silong is a mid sized village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 557, made up of 288 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silong village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Thakurgangti
Pincode	813208
Area (hectares)	47 hectares
Population	557
Male Population	288
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
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 Silong compares

By the 2011 count Silong is the 56th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 47 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Silong

Silong is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silong 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 Silong from other places

Silong lies about 56 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 Silong
Nearest railway station	Taljhari	6.1 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurgangti	24 km
District headquarters	Godda	56 km

Villages closest to Silong

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silong village had a population of 557. That makes it the 56th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Silong village has 288 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silong has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Silong is 813208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silong covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silong falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Silong is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 Silong.

Silong is about 56 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silong is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Taljhari is about 6.1 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Thakurgangti is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.