About Silewind Village

Silewind is a mid sized village in Zira tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 534, made up of 258 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142051, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silewind Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silewind village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Firozpur
Tehsil	Zira
Pincode	142051
Area (hectares)	263.86 hectares
Population	534
Male Population	258
Female Population	276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silewind compares

By the 2011 count Silewind is the 132nd largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 263.86 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Silewind

Silewind is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silewind as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silewind from other places

Silewind lies about 50 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Jogiwala, about 3.9 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 Silewind
Nearest railway station	Jogiwala	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Zira	17 km
District headquarters	Firozpur	50 km

Villages closest to Silewind

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silewind village had a population of 534. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Silewind village has 258 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silewind has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Silewind is 142051. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silewind covers 263.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silewind falls under Zira tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Silewind is Jogiwala, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Silewind.

Silewind is about 50 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silewind is in Zira tehsil of Firozpur district. Jogiwala is about 3.9 km away. Zira is about 17 km away. Firozpur is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.