About Silwai Village

Silwai is a large village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,837, made up of 2,508 males and 2,329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 901.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silwai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Namkum
Pincode	835103
Area (hectares)	901.49 hectares
Population	4,837
Male Population	2,508
Female Population	2,329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Silwai compares

By the 2011 count Silwai is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 901.49 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Silwai

Silwai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Silwai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silwai from other places

Silwai lies about 14 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Tatisilwai Junction, about under 2 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 Silwai
Nearest railway station	Tatisilwai Junction	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Namkum	9.3 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	14 km

Villages closest to Silwai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwai village had a population of 4,837. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Silwai village has 2,508 males and 2,329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwai has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Silwai is 835103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silwai covers 901.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silwai falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Silwai is Tatisilwai Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Silwai is about 14 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwai is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Tatisilwai Junction is about under 2 km away. Namkum is about 9.3 km away. Ranchi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.