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About Silhra Village

Silhra is a small village in Nawabganj tehsil, in the district of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 249 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares.

Silhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silhra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bareilly
Tehsil Nawabganj
Area (hectares) 106 hectares
Population 478
Male Population 249
Female Population 229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Silhra compares

By the 2011 count Silhra is the 241st largest of the 294 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Silhra

The census records public bus service for Silhra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silhra from other places

Silhra lies about 33 km from Bareilly, and the nearest railway station is Bhopatpur, about 5.8 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 Silhra
Nearest railway station Bhopatpur 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawabganj 16 km
Nearest town Nawābganj 16 km
District headquarters Bareilly 33 km

Villages closest to Silhra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silhra village had a population of 478. That makes it the 241st largest of the 294 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents.

Silhra village has 249 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silhra has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 886.

Silhra covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silhra falls under Nawabganj tehsil of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silhra is Bhopatpur, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silhra.

Silhra is about 33 km from Bareilly in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silhra is in Nawabganj tehsil of Bareilly district. Bhopatpur is about 5.8 km away. Nawabganj is about 16 km away. Nawābganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nawadia Moti Ram (under 2 km), Biharipur Abdul Rehman (under 2 km) and Naugawan Bhagatpur (1.5 km).

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

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