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About Silodar Village

Silodar is a mid sized village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 578, made up of 279 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 327.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 885406.

Silodar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silodar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Chauparan
Pincode 885406
Area (hectares) 327.06 hectares
Population 578
Male Population 279
Female Population 299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,072
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 Silodar compares

By the 2011 count Silodar is the 98th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 327.06 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1035.

Getting to Silodar

Silodar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Silodar 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 Silodar from other places

Silodar lies about 53 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Gurpa, about 19 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 Silodar
Tehsil headquarters Chauparan 9.5 km
Nearest town Bagaha 16 km
Nearest railway station Gurpa 19 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 53 km

Villages closest to Silodar

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

Common questions about Silodar

As per the Census of India 2011, Silodar village had a population of 578. That makes it the 98th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Silodar village has 279 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silodar has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Silodar is 885406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silodar covers 327.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silodar falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Silodar is Gurpa, about 19 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 Silodar.

Silodar is about 53 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silodar is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chauparan is about 9.5 km away. Bagaha is about 16 km away. Gurpa is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muratiakalan (under 2 km), Chordaha (2.4 km) and Sanjha (5.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Silodar today is likely to be higher.

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