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About Silwar Village

Silwar is a mid sized village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 876, made up of 457 males and 419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.89 hectares hectares.

Silwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Area (hectares) 261.89 hectares
Population 876
Male Population 457
Female Population 419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Silwar compares

By the 2011 count Silwar is the 110th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 261.89 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Silwar

The census records public bus service for Silwar 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 within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silwar from other places

Silwar lies about 28 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 18 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 Silwar
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal 3.3 km
Nearest railway station Lusa 18 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 28 km
Nearest town Robertsganj 28 km

Villages closest to Silwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwar village had a population of 876. That makes it the 110th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Silwar village has 457 males and 419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwar has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Silwar covers 261.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silwar falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silwar is Lusa, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Silwar is about 28 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwar is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 3.3 km away. Lusa is about 18 km away. Sonbhadra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bharauli (under 2 km), Dumaribharaulia (under 2 km) and Piparwar (1.8 km).

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

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