About Silapi Village

Silapi is a large village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,366, made up of 1,209 males and 1,157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1230.42 hectares hectares.

Silapi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silapi village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Area (hectares)	1230.42 hectares
Population	2,366
Male Population	1,209
Female Population	1,157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silapi compares

By the 2011 count Silapi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 1230.42 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Silapi

Silapi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Silapi as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silapi from other places

Silapi lies about 30 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Phaphrakund, about 26 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 Silapi
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	15 km
Nearest railway station	Phaphrakund	26 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	30 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	30 km

Villages closest to Silapi

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.

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Common questions about Silapi

As per the Census of India 2011, Silapi village had a population of 2,366. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Silapi village has 1,209 males and 1,157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silapi has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Silapi covers 1230.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Silapi is Phaphrakund, about 26 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silapi.

Silapi is about 30 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silapi is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 15 km away. Phaphrakund is about 26 km away. Sonbhadra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.