About Silagain Village

Silagain is a large village in Chanho tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,637, made up of 1,337 males and 1,300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 759 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silagain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silagain village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Chanho
Pincode	835301
Area (hectares)	759 hectares
Population	2,637
Male Population	1,337
Female Population	1,300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silagain compares

By the 2011 count Silagain is the 13th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,605 residents. Its 759 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Silagain

Silagain is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silagain as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Pondri, Raghunathpur, Rakadih and Ramdaga. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Silagain

As per the Census of India 2011, Silagain village had a population of 2,637. That makes it the 13th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,605 residents.

Silagain village has 1,337 males and 1,300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silagain has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Silagain is 835301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silagain covers 759 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silagain falls under Chanho tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Silagain notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silagain.

Silagain is in Chanho tehsil of Ranchi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.