About Silarkot Village

Silarkot is a large village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,757, made up of 1,355 males and 1,402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1703.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silarkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silarkot village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Sedam
Pincode	585318
Area (hectares)	1703.45 hectares
Population	2,757
Male Population	1,355
Female Population	1,402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silarkot compares

By the 2011 count Silarkot is the 13th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 1703.45 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Silarkot

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

Silarkot lies about 76 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nawandgi, about 22 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 Silarkot
Nearest town	Gurmatkāl	19 km
Nearest railway station	Nawandgi	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sedam	26 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	76 km

Villages closest to Silarkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silarkot village had a population of 2,757. That makes it the 13th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Silarkot village has 1,355 males and 1,402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silarkot has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Silarkot is 585318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silarkot covers 1703.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silarkot falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Silarkot is Nawandgi, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silarkot.

Silarkot is about 76 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silarkot is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Gurmatkāl is about 19 km away. Nawandgi is about 22 km away. Sedam is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.