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About Silor Village

Silor is a large village in Siwana tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,202, made up of 1,153 males and 1,049 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1057.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silor village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Barmer
Tehsil Siwana
Pincode 344027
Area (hectares) 1057.24 hectares
Population 2,202
Male Population 1,153
Female Population 1,049
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 910
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Silor compares

By the 2011 count Silor is the 35th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,129 residents. Its 1057.24 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Silor

Silor is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Silor 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silor from other places

Silor lies about 112 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Jethantri, about 3.3 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 Silor
Nearest railway station Jethantri 3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Siwana 19 km
Nearest town Siwāna 19 km
District headquarters Barmer 112 km

Villages closest to Silor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silor village had a population of 2,202. That makes it the 35th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,129 residents.

Silor village has 1,153 males and 1,049 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silor has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Silor is 344027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silor covers 1057.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silor falls under Siwana tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Silor is Jethantri, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Silor is about 112 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silor is in Siwana tehsil of Barmer district. Jethantri is about 3.3 km away. Siwana is about 19 km away. Siwāna is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangla (3.3 km), Deoliyali (3.5 km) and Jethantari (3.6 km).

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

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