Silaunja Population - Gaya, Bihar

Silaunja is a medium size village located in Bodh Gaya Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 271 families residing. The Silaunja village has population of 1785 of which 908 are males while 877 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Silaunja village population of children with age 0-6 is 373 which makes up 20.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Silaunja village is 966 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Silaunja as per census is 802, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Silaunja village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Silaunja village was 61.76 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Silaunja Male literacy stands at 69.33 % while female literacy rate was 54.29 %.

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

Silaunja Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	271	-	-
Population	1,785	908	877
Child (0-6)	373	207	166
Schedule Caste	701	350	351
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	61.76 %	69.33 %	54.29 %
Total Workers	611	412	199
Main Worker	268	-	-
Marginal Worker	343	207	136

Caste Factor

In Silaunja village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.27 % of total population in Silaunja village. The village Silaunja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Silaunja village out of total population, 611 were engaged in work activities. 43.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 611 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.