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Silhan Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Silhan is a medium size village located in Sonhaula Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 318 families residing. The Silhan village has population of 1671 of which 901 are males while 770 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Silhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 337 which makes up 20.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Silhan village is 855 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Silhan as per census is 872, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Silhan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Silhan village was 56.67 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Silhan Male literacy stands at 68.52 % while female literacy rate was 42.74 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Silhan 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 Silhan village.

Silhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 318 - -
Population 1,671 901 770
Child (0-6) 337 180 157
Schedule Caste 514 276 238
Schedule Tribe 38 20 18
Literacy 56.67 % 68.52 % 42.74 %
Total Workers 790 528 262
Main Worker 330 - -
Marginal Worker 460 340 120

Caste Factor

Silhan village of Bhagalpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.76 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.27 % of total population in Silhan village.

Work Profile

In Silhan village out of total population, 790 were engaged in work activities. 41.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 790 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 283 were Agricultural labourer.