About Silon Kalan Village

Silon Kalan is a mid sized village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,302, made up of 699 males and 603 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silon Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silon Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Ludhiana East
Pincode	141206
Area (hectares)	217 hectares
Population	1,302
Male Population	699
Female Population	603
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silon Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Silon Kalan is the 75th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 217 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Silon Kalan

Silon Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silon Kalan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silon Kalan from other places

Silon Kalan lies about 16 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Sanehwal, about 7.5 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 Silon Kalan
Nearest railway station	Sanehwal	7.5 km
Nearest town	Sānehwāl	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ludhiana East	16 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	16 km

Villages closest to Silon Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana East 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 Silon Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Silon Kalan village had a population of 1,302. That makes it the 75th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Silon Kalan village has 699 males and 603 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silon Kalan has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Silon Kalan is 141206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silon Kalan covers 217 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silon Kalan falls under Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Silon Kalan is Sanehwal, about 7.5 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 village for Silon Kalan.

Silon Kalan is about 16 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silon Kalan is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Sanehwal is about 7.5 km away. Sānehwāl is about 8.2 km away. Ludhiana East is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.