About Silpunji Village

Silpunji is a mid sized village in Tantnagar tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 811, made up of 374 males and 437 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,168 females per 1000 males. The village covers 568 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silpunji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silpunji village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Tantnagar
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	568 hectares
Population	811
Male Population	374
Female Population	437
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,168
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 Silpunji compares

By the 2011 count Silpunji is the 32nd largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 847 residents. Its 568 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Silpunji

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

Silpunji lies about 31 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Jhinkpani, about 9.4 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 Silpunji
Nearest railway station	Jhinkpani	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tantnagar	12 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	20 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	31 km

Villages closest to Silpunji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silpunji village had a population of 811. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 847 residents.

Silpunji village has 374 males and 437 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silpunji has about 1168 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Silpunji is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silpunji covers 568 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silpunji falls under Tantnagar tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Silpunji is Jhinkpani, about 9.4 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 Silpunji.

Silpunji is about 31 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silpunji is in Tantnagar tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Jhinkpani is about 9.4 km away. Tantnagar is about 12 km away. Chāībāsa is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.