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About Silauta Village

Silauta is a mid sized village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,707, made up of 900 males and 807 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares.

Silauta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silauta village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 59 hectares
Population 1,707
Male Population 900
Female Population 807
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Silauta compares

By the 2011 count Silauta is the 148th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Silauta

Silauta 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 Silauta as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Silauta from other places

Silauta lies about 21 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Dheena, about 5.0 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 Silauta
Nearest railway station Dheena 5.0 km
Nearest town Zamānia 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 16 km
District headquarters Chandauli 21 km

Villages closest to Silauta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silauta village had a population of 1,707. That makes it the 148th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Silauta village has 900 males and 807 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silauta has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Silauta covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Silauta falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silauta is Dheena, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Silauta.

Silauta is about 21 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silauta is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Dheena is about 5.0 km away. Zamānia is about 15 km away. Sakaldiha 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 Mangalpur (under 2 km), Son Barasa (under 2 km) and Shitalpur (2.0 km).

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

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