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About Silhula Buzurg Village

Silhula Buzurg is a mid sized village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,529, made up of 850 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 799 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.21 hectares hectares.

Silhula Buzurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silhula Buzurg village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 149.21 hectares
Population 1,529
Male Population 850
Female Population 679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 799
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silhula Buzurg compares

By the 2011 count Silhula Buzurg is the 65th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 149.21 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Silhula Buzurg

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

Silhula Buzurg lies about 16 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Pokhrayan, about 16 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 Silhula Buzurg
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 12 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 16 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 16 km
Nearest railway station Pokhrayan 16 km

Villages closest to Silhula Buzurg

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 Silhula Buzurg

As per the Census of India 2011, Silhula Buzurg village had a population of 1,529. That makes it the 65th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Silhula Buzurg village has 850 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silhula Buzurg has about 799 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 856.

Silhula Buzurg covers 149.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Silhula Buzurg is Pokhrayan, about 16 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 km distance for Silhula Buzurg.

Silhula Buzurg is about 16 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silhula Buzurg is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 12 km away. Pukhrāyān is about 16 km away. Kanpur Dehat 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 Ingawara (under 2 km), Maluk Chandpur (under 2 km) and Silhaula Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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