# Silhua Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Silhua

Silhua is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,081 people in 373 households**, the 57th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,081people (2011)
- 373households
- 85.3%literacy
- 855females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Silhua

Of every 100 households in Silhua in 2011, 24 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 42 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Silhua · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**69%

Tap water ****9%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****42%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**90%

Use banking services ****84%**

**77%

Television ****45%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Silhua?

■ Silhua · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****855**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****694**

**916

Working population ****31.2%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 77.9% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 260 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (18%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 45 (7%) · **■** Marginal 224 (34%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Powayan

- Harraipur2,135 people
- Baribara2,126 people
- Saunphari2,099 people
- Nadautha Devidas2,098 people
- Ladhola2,078 people
- Dhukuri Buzurg2,067 people
- Dadiuri2,063 people
- Bhagwantapur2,059 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Silhua?2,081 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Silhua in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Silhua?85.3% (Census 2011)