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About Silitia Village

Silitia is a small village in Baria tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 167 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758032, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silitia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silitia village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Baria
Pincode 758032
Area (hectares) 184 hectares
Population 322
Male Population 167
Female Population 155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
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 Silitia compares

By the 2011 count Silitia is the 47th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 737 residents. Its 184 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Silitia

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

Silitia lies about 20 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Kendujhargarh, about 16 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 Silitia
Tehsil headquarters Baria 10 km
Nearest railway station Kendujhargarh 16 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 20 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 20 km

Villages closest to Silitia

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

Common questions about Silitia

As per the Census of India 2011, Silitia village had a population of 322. That makes it the 47th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 737 residents.

Silitia village has 167 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silitia has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Silitia is 758032. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silitia covers 184 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silitia falls under Baria tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Silitia is Kendujhargarh, about 16 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 Silitia.

Silitia is about 20 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silitia is in Baria tehsil of Kendujhar district. Baria is about 10 km away. Kendujhargarh is about 16 km away. Kendujhar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ratnaposi (under 2 km), Singmajuni (2.9 km) and Tukudiha (4.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Silitia today is likely to be higher.

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