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About Silwar Kalan Village

Silwar Kalan is a large village in Hazaribag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,263, made up of 1,698 males and 1,565 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silwar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwar Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Hazaribag
Pincode 825317
Area (hectares) 481 hectares
Population 3,263
Male Population 1,698
Female Population 1,565
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silwar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Silwar Kalan is the 7th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents. Its 481 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Silwar Kalan

Silwar Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silwar Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Silwar Kalan from other places

Silwar Kalan lies about 9.3 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribag Town, 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 Silwar Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Hazaribag 9.3 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 9.3 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 9.3 km
Nearest railway station Hazaribag Town 12 km

Villages closest to Silwar Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hazaribag 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 Silwar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwar Kalan village had a population of 3,263. That makes it the 7th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents.

Silwar Kalan village has 1,698 males and 1,565 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwar Kalan has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Silwar Kalan is 825317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silwar Kalan covers 481 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silwar Kalan falls under Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Silwar Kalan is Hazaribag Town, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silwar Kalan.

Silwar Kalan is about 9.3 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwar Kalan is in Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Hazaribag is about 9.3 km away. Hazaribagh is about 9.3 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Silwar Khurd (under 2 km), Ambadih (under 2 km) and Dumar (1.6 km).

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

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