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About Silapat Village

Silapat is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 333, made up of 163 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silapat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silapat village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Pincode 835209
Area (hectares) 79.27 hectares
Population 333
Male Population 163
Female Population 170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Silapat compares

By the 2011 count Silapat is the 131st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 79.27 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Silapat

The census records public bus service for Silapat 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silapat from other places

Silapat lies about 21 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Lodhma, about 3.1 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 Silapat
Nearest railway station Lodhma 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Karra 15 km
Nearest town Ranchi 16 km
District headquarters Khunti 21 km

Villages closest to Silapat

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.

Common questions about Silapat

As per the Census of India 2011, Silapat village had a population of 333. That makes it the 131st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Silapat village has 163 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silapat has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

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

Silapat covers 79.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silapat falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Silapat is Lodhma, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Silapat.

Silapat is about 21 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silapat is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Lodhma is about 3.1 km away. Karra is about 15 km away. Ranchi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padamapur (under 2 km), Hardigara (under 2 km) and Kansili (under 2 km).

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

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