About Silam Village

Silam is a large village in Raidih tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,446, made up of 1,212 males and 1,234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1240 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Raidih
Pincode	835207
Area (hectares)	1240 hectares
Population	2,446
Male Population	1,212
Female Population	1,234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silam compares

By the 2011 count Silam is the 4th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 1240 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Silam

Silam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Silam from other places

Silam lies about 6.7 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 44 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 Silam
District headquarters	Gumla	6.7 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raidih	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	44 km

Villages closest to Silam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silam village had a population of 2,446. That makes it the 4th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Silam village has 1,212 males and 1,234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silam has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Silam is 835207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silam covers 1240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silam falls under Raidih tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Silam is Bakaspur, about 44 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Silam.

Silam is about 6.7 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silam is in Raidih tehsil of Gumla district. Gumla is about 6.7 km away. Gumlā is about 6.7 km away. Raidih is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.