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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Silkuri is a village in Hajo mandal, Kamrup district, Assam, with a population of 368 in 79 households and a literacy rate of 73.1%. It is located at 24.727°N, 92.784°E with postal code 781102.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHANIMA KALITA
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- LGD code
- 302651
- Pincode
- 781102
- Post office
- Hajo
- Population
- 368
- Households
- 79
- Literacy rate
- 73.1%
- Sex ratio
- 978 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 195
- Distance to district centre
- 202 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 180 km
- Distance to Dispur (Guwahati)
- 190 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 510 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhasha Shahid · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- R . E. Nursing Home and Diagnostic · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Silkuri compares
By population, Silkuri ranks #104 of 133 villages in Hajo mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.1%
+6.8% vs mandal average
- Silkuri
- 73.1%
- Hajo mandal
- 66.3%
- Kamrup district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
978
+38 vs mandal average
- Silkuri
- 978
- Hajo mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Silkuri
- 4.7
- Hajo mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Silkuri at a glance
Silkuri is a village of 368 people in 79 households (Census 2011) in Hajo block, Kamrup district, Assam, the 104th-largest of 133 villages in Hajo block. Literacy is 73%, 7 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. It lies 202 km from the Kamrup district centre, 11 km from Bhasha Shahid railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 781102, served by Hajo post office; the LGD village code is 302651. The nearest hospital or health centre is R . E. Nursing Home and Diagnostic, 6 km away. The sarpanch is BHANIMA KALITA, and the village votes in Hajo assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suman Haripriya. The population is estimated at 434 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Silkuri
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Guwahati (M Corp.)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAMUNDI
- Total area (ha)
- 121.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Silkuri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Silkuri
- LGD code
- 302651
- Pincode
- 781102
- Post office
- Hajo
- Population (Census 2011)
- 368
- Population (projected 2026)
- 434
- Households
- 79
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 978
- Literacy rate
- 73.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.72711°N, 92.78405°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gauhati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hajo
- Member of Parliament
- Bijuli Kalita Medhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Suman Haripriya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHANIMA KALITA
- Block / Mandal
- Hajo
Getting there
How to reach Silkuri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dispur (Guwahati)190 kmcapital
- Kolkata510 km
- Delhi1605 km
- Hyderabad1692 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhasha Shahid11 km
- Bus stopDifficult to find with works;)11 km
- Hospital / PHCR . E. Nursing Home and Diagnostic6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India11 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil11 km
- CollegeCachar College12 km
- Police stationGhungoor Police Outpost6 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)