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About Silon Khurd Village

Silon Khurd is a mid sized village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 818, made up of 440 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silon Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silon Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Ludhiana East
Pincode 141206
Area (hectares) 211 hectares
Population 818
Male Population 440
Female Population 378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silon Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Silon Khurd is the 112th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 211 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Silon Khurd

Silon Khurd is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silon Khurd as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Silon Khurd from other places

Silon Khurd lies about 17 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Sanehwal, about 8.7 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 Khurd
Nearest railway station Sanehwal 8.7 km
Nearest town Sānehwāl 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Ludhiana East 17 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 17 km

Villages closest to Silon Khurd

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.

Common questions about Silon Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Silon Khurd village had a population of 818. That makes it the 112th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Silon Khurd village has 440 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silon Khurd has about 859 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 Khurd is 141206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silon Khurd covers 211 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Silon Khurd is Sanehwal, about 8.7 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silon Khurd.

Silon Khurd is about 17 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silon Khurd is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Sanehwal is about 8.7 km away. Sānehwāl is about 9.4 km away. Ludhiana East is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Silon Kalan (under 2 km), Bhutta (under 2 km) and Paddi (2.0 km).

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

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