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About Silhara Village

Silhara is a large village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,698, made up of 1,446 males and 1,252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 505.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silhara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Pincode 209115
Area (hectares) 505.56 hectares
Population 2,698
Male Population 1,446
Female Population 1,252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silhara compares

By the 2011 count Silhara is the 18th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 505.56 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Silhara

Silhara is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silhara as Available within <5 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 Silhara from other places

Silhara lies about 19 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Pokhrayan, about 17 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 Silhara
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 9.2 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 17 km
Nearest railway station Pokhrayan 17 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 19 km

Villages closest to Silhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silhara village had a population of 2,698. That makes it the 18th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Silhara village has 1,446 males and 1,252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silhara has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

The pincode recorded for Silhara is 209115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silhara covers 505.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silhara falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silhara is Pokhrayan, about 17 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silhara.

Silhara is about 19 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silhara is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 9.2 km away. Pukhrāyān is about 17 km away. Pokhrayan 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 Rasulpur Baina (under 2 km), Banwaripur (1.5 km) and Karimnagar (2.1 km).

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

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