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About Silachari Village

Silachari is a large village in Rupaichhari tehsil, in the district of South Tripura, Tripura. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,205, made up of 1,656 males and 1,549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 634 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 799104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silachari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silachari village
Description Value
State Tripura
District South Tripura
Tehsil Rupaichhari
Pincode 799104
Area (hectares) 634 hectares
Population 3,205
Male Population 1,656
Female Population 1,549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silachari compares

By the 2011 count Silachari is the 4th largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents. Its 634 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Silachari

Silachari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silachari 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 Silachari from other places

Silachari lies about 17 km from South Tripura, and the nearest railway station is Jolaibari, about 19 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 Silachari
Tehsil headquarters Rupaichhari 17 km
District headquarters South Tripura 17 km
Nearest railway station Jolaibari 19 km
Nearest town Udaipur 45 km

Villages closest to Silachari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silachari village had a population of 3,205. That makes it the 4th largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents.

Silachari village has 1,656 males and 1,549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silachari has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Silachari is 799104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silachari covers 634 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silachari falls under Rupaichhari tehsil of South Tripura district in Tripura.

The nearest railway station to Silachari is Jolaibari, about 19 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 Silachari.

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

Silachari is in Rupaichhari tehsil of South Tripura district. Rupaichhari is about 17 km away. South Tripura is about 17 km away. Jolaibari 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 Gorakapa (9.4 km), Rupaichhari (17 km) and Dakshin Manu Bankul (21 km).

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

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