About Silafari Village

Silafari is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 218, made up of 120 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silafari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silafari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Karra
Pincode	835209
Area (hectares)	143.04 hectares
Population	218
Male Population	120
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	817
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 Silafari compares

By the 2011 count Silafari is the 156th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 143.04 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Silafari

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

Silafari lies about 18 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 5.8 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 Silafari
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karra	8.4 km
District headquarters	Khunti	18 km

Villages closest to Silafari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silafari village had a population of 218. That makes it the 156th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Silafari village has 120 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silafari has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Silafari is 835209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silafari covers 143.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silafari falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Silafari is Govindpur Road, about 5.8 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 Silafari.

Silafari is about 18 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silafari is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Govindpur Road is about 5.8 km away. Karra is about 8.4 km away. Khunti is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.