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Silahta Population - Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Silahta is a medium size village located in Ghorawal Tehsil of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh with total 190 families residing. The Silahta village has population of 1087 of which 552 are males while 535 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Silahta village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 16.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Silahta village is 969 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Silahta as per census is 1082, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Silahta village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Silahta village was 67.25 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Silahta Male literacy stands at 80.09 % while female literacy rate was 53.72 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Silahta village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Silahta village.

Silahta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 190 - -
Population 1,087 552 535
Child (0-6) 177 85 92
Schedule Caste 615 310 305
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.25 % 80.09 % 53.72 %
Total Workers 563 292 271
Main Worker 497 - -
Marginal Worker 66 36 30

Caste Factor

In Silahta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.58 % of total population in Silahta village. The village Silahta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Silahta village out of total population, 563 were engaged in work activities. 88.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 563 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 367 were Agricultural labourer.