Silokhera

Silokhra is a village located in the district of Gurgaon in the state of Haryana, India. It has a population of about 7715 persons living in around 1831 households. Brahmins are the most numerous demography of the original village, though other castes also live in the village. The farmland surrounding the village was purchased by the developers and now it is a hub of modern buildings and township. Majority of village land was purchased by Unitech Group for a 300-acre residential township of apartments, plots and private villas. Important landmarks like Signature Towers, Shikshantar School, The World Spa, Uniworld City and The Palms are all part of this bustling township. Sector 15 and sector 29 of Gurgaon which were earlier a part of Silokhra village and later was acquired by Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran is the center of attraction for tourist as Kingdom of Dreams which is India's first live entertainment theatre, Appu Ghar by Oysters which is one of the most popular water park and 125 cafes and restaurants are situated in it.

Silokhera/Silokhra
Village
Country India
StateHaryana
RegionNorth India
DistrictGurgaon
Government
 • TypeLocal government
 • BodyMunicipal Corporation, Gurgaon
Population
 • Total7,715
Languages
 • OfficialHindi Haryanvi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
122001[1]
ISO 3166 codeIN-HR
Vehicle registrationHR-26-XX-XXXX
Websiteharyana.gov.in

History

During the British colonial rule in the early 1800's Silokhra was a part of the Paragana of Badshahpur-Jharsa which was ruled by Begum Samru (b.1753 – d.1836) and she built a palace for herself between Badshahpur and Jharsa. Jharsa was the place of Samru's principal cantonment. Few years before her death Begum Samru claimed the offering to Sitla Mata temple of Gurugram during the Chaitra month and the revenue from the offerings given to the deity for rest of the month was distributed among the prominent zamindars of the area and a total land of 1600 bigha was given to her priest named Rudaa Pandit who later developed Village Silokhra on that land. Rudaa Pandit is considered as the founder of the village Silokhra, his family still holds a majority of the land in the village.

Location

Silokhra is near the HUDA City Centre metro station, South City 1, Sector 31, Sector 40 in the middle of Gurgaon. Located on the 28 acre of land, the village falls under the ward number 32 of Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG).

Climate of Silokhra & Election Results
Climate data for Silokhera
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °F (°C) 70.0
(21.1)		 75.6
(24.2)		 86.0
(30.0)		 97.2
(36.2)		 103.3
(39.6)		 102.7
(39.3)		 95.2
(35.1)		 91.9
(33.3)		 93.0
(33.9)		 91.2
(32.9)		 82.9
(28.3)		 73.4
(23.0)		 88.5
(31.4)
Average low °F (°C) 45.1
(7.3)		 50.2
(10.1)		 59.7
(15.4)		 70.7
(21.5)		 78.6
(25.9)		 82.9
(28.3)		 79.9
(26.6)		 78.6
(25.9)		 75.9
(24.4)		 67.1
(19.5)		 55.0
(12.8)		 46.8
(8.2)		 65.8
(18.8)
Average rainfall inches (mm) 0.80
(20.3)		 0.59
(15.0)		 0.62
(15.8)		 0.26
(6.7)		 0.69
(17.5)		 2.16
(54.9)		 9.11
(231.5)		 10.19
(258.7)		 5.03
(127.8)		 1.43
(36.3)		 0.20
(5.0)		 0.31
(7.8)		 31.39
(797.3)
Average rainy days 1.7 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.4 3.6 10.0 11.3 5.4 1.6 0.1 0.6 39.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours 213.9 217.5 238.7 261.0 263.5 198.0 167.4 176.7 219.0 269.7 246.0 217.0 2,688.4

2011 MCG Elections (Ward 29)
MCG Gurgaon 2011: WARD-29
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Saroj Yadav W/o Satish Yadav 1320
Independent Rajbala Sharma[2][3]W/o Parveen Sharma 1256
Other candidates- 9 3774
Turnout 6,350

2017 MCG Elections (Ward 32)
MCG Gurugram 2017: WARD-32
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Arti Rao[4]W/o Anil Yadav 4360
Independent Sunita Rani W/o Sajjan Singh 3822
Other candidates- 3 2310
Turnout 10,492

See also

References
  1. http://www.mapsofindia.com/pincode/india/haryana/gurgaon/south-city-i.html
  2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Rs-7-75L-stolen-from-Limo-Ladys-house/articleshow/8563086.cms
  3. http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mla-s-dress-code-remark-protests-rage-on/1092874/
  4. https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/gurugram-election-result-2017-full-list-of-winners-in-municipal-corporation-of-gurugram-polls-bjp-news-inld/869682/


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