About Silma Village

Silma is a mid sized village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,068, made up of 546 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Karra
Pincode	835203
Area (hectares)	104.72 hectares
Population	1,068
Male Population	546
Female Population	522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silma compares

By the 2011 count Silma is the 21st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 104.72 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Silma

Silma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silma as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Silma from other places

Silma lies about 25 km from Khunti. 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 Silma
Tehsil headquarters	Karra	8.7 km
District headquarters	Khunti	25 km

Villages closest to Silma

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 Silma

As per the Census of India 2011, Silma village had a population of 1,068. That makes it the 21st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Silma village has 546 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silma has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Silma is 835203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silma covers 104.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silma falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Silma notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Silma.

Silma is about 25 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silma is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Karra is about 8.7 km away. Khunti is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.