Situated on the banks of the Barak River, it is a trade and processing centre for tea, rice and other agricultural products. There is limited industry, principally papermaking and tea-box manufacturing. The city has an airport and lies on both a rail head and national highways connecting to Guwahati, Assam; Agartala, Tripura; Imphal, Manipur and Aizawl in Mizoram state. The area of Silchar town is
15.75 km2. It has an average elevation of 22 metres (72 feet). Major localities of Silchar include Central Road, Sadarghat, Tarapur, Malugram, Janiganj, Park Road, Itkhola, Ambikapatty, Shillongpatty, Hospital Road, College Road,Shib Colony, Vivekananda Road, National Highway, Bilpar, Premtala, Nazirpatty, Madhurband, Sonai Road,Public School Road, Rangirkhari, Das Colony, Link Road, Kalibari Chor etc. As of 2011 India census, Silchar City has a population of around 172,710 of which males are 86,812 and females are 85,897, so maintaining the s*x ratio of Silchar city is 989 per 1000 males i.e. way above the national ratio of 940. Silchar Metropolitan Areas( Including Ambicapur Part-X, Kanakpur I, Kanakpur Part-II, Silchar, Silchar Part-X, Silchar XI, Tarapur VII, Tarapur VIII, Uttar Krishnapur Part-I) has population of 228,985 of which 115,443 are males and 113,542 are females. Silchar has an average literacy rate of 91.74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 93.97%, and female literacy is 89.50%. Total children (0-6) in Silchar city are 15,467 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 7,977 boys while 7,490 are girls. Child s*x ratio of girls is 939 per 1000 boys, much lower than the overall s*x ratio of 989, which is matter of concern because it indicates that recent trend has been more away from normalcy. Major religions followed are Hinduism & Islam.
