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About Silpata Village

Silpata is a mid sized village in Kotkasim tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 949, made up of 503 males and 446 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silpata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silpata village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Kotkasim
Pincode 301702
Area (hectares) 293 hectares
Population 949
Male Population 503
Female Population 446
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silpata compares

By the 2011 count Silpata is the 54th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents. Its 293 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 915.

Getting to Silpata

Silpata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silpata as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Silpata from other places

Silpata lies about 57 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Bharawas, about 15 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 Silpata
Tehsil headquarters Kotkasim 4.1 km
Nearest railway station Bharawas 15 km
Nearest town Dhāruhera 17 km
District headquarters Alwar 57 km

Villages closest to Silpata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silpata village had a population of 949. That makes it the 54th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents.

Silpata village has 503 males and 446 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silpata has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Silpata is 301702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silpata covers 293 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silpata falls under Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Silpata is Bharawas, about 15 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silpata.

Silpata is about 57 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silpata is in Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district. Kotkasim is about 4.1 km away. Bharawas is about 15 km away. Dhāruhera 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 Matalwas (under 2 km), Makdawa (under 2 km) and Anaka (1.5 km).

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

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