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About Silhua Village

Silhua is a large village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,081, made up of 1,122 males and 959 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 532.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 242405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silhua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silhua village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Pincode 242405
Area (hectares) 532.11 hectares
Population 2,081
Male Population 1,122
Female Population 959
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
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 Silhua compares

By the 2011 count Silhua is the 57th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 532.11 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Silhua

Silhua is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silhua 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. The nearest villages by name are Sihura Khurd Kalan, Sikala Mastapur, Sikandarpur and Sikanderpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Silhua

As per the Census of India 2011, Silhua village had a population of 2,081. That makes it the 57th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Silhua village has 1,122 males and 959 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silhua has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Silhua is 242405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silhua covers 532.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silhua falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Silhua notes the nearest railway station 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 Silhua.

Silhua is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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