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About Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda Village

Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda is a small village in Cooch Behar I tehsil, in the district of Koch Bihar, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 387, made up of 210 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 736134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Koch Bihar
Tehsil Cooch Behar I
Pincode 736134
Area (hectares) 112.92 hectares
Population 387
Male Population 210
Female Population 177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 843
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda compares

By the 2011 count Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda is the 122nd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,065 residents. Its 112.92 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda

Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda from other places

Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda lies about 27 km from Koch Bihar, and the nearest railway station is Bidyadabri, about 12 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 Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda
Nearest railway station Bidyadabri 12 km
Nearest town Tufānganj 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Cooch Behar I 27 km
District headquarters Koch Bihar 27 km

Villages closest to Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cooch Behar I 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 Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda village had a population of 387. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,065 residents.

Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda village has 210 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda is 736134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda covers 112.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda falls under Cooch Behar I tehsil of Koch Bihar district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda is Bidyadabri, about 12 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 village for Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda.

Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda is about 27 km from Koch Bihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silkhuri Dwitia Khanda is in Cooch Behar I tehsil of Koch Bihar district. Bidyadabri is about 12 km away. Tufānganj is about 15 km away. Cooch Behar I is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Silkhuri Pratham Khanda (under 2 km), Moamari (14 km) and Dewan Hatmoamari (19 km).

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

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