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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 271503
- Pincode
- 796701
- Post office
- Lunglei
- Population
- 278
- Households
- 59
- Literacy rate
- 53.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 63
Census 2011 · in context
How Silkur compares
By population, Silkur ranks #20 of 23 villages in Tlabung mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.2%
+7.6% vs mandal average
- Silkur
- 53.2%
- Tlabung mandal
- 45.6%
- Lunglei district
- 75.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+69 vs mandal average
- Silkur
- 1,000
- Tlabung mandal
- 931
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Silkur
- 4.7
- Tlabung mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Silkur at a glance
Silkur is a village of 278 people in 59 households (Census 2011) in Tlabung block, Lunglei district, Mizoram, the 20th-largest of 23 villages in Tlabung block. Literacy is 53%, 8 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 796701, served by Lunglei post office; the LGD village code is 271503. The population is estimated at 328 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Silkur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TLABUNG
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 99
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Silkur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Silkur
- LGD code
- 271503
- Pincode
- 796701
- Post office
- Lunglei
- Population (Census 2011)
- 278
- Population (projected 2026)
- 328
- Households
- 59
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 53.2%
- Block / Mandal
- Tlabung
- Nearest police station
- Tlabung Police Station (32.2 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 796701
Other villages in Tlabung mandal
View all 28 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)