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Silet Population - Saharsa, Bihar

Silet is a large village located in Saur Bazar Block of Saharsa district, Bihar with total 1264 families residing. The Silet village has population of 6940 of which 3625 are males while 3315 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Silet village population of children with age 0-6 is 1595 which makes up 22.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Silet village is 914 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Silet as per census is 979, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Silet village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Silet village was 45.11 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Silet Male literacy stands at 56.30 % while female literacy rate was 32.62 %.

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

Silet Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,264 - -
Population 6,940 3,625 3,315
Child (0-6) 1,595 806 789
Schedule Caste 1,496 758 738
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 45.11 % 56.30 % 32.62 %
Total Workers 2,613 1,741 872
Main Worker 1,436 - -
Marginal Worker 1,177 520 657

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.56 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.01 % of total population in Silet village.

Work Profile

In Silet village out of total population, 2613 were engaged in work activities. 54.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2613 workers engaged in Main Work, 485 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 800 were Agricultural labourer.