Map of Silchar, India

Silchar is a city in Assam, India, with a population of about 178,865. It lies at 24.8273°N, 92.7979°E. Silchar is about 1,603 km (996 mi) east of New Delhi, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Hailākāndi, 29 km to the southwest.

Silchar at a glance

Where is Silchar?

• The 2nd largest city in Assam on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 36 min on the shortest day to 13 h 41 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Silchar

• Hailākāndi — 29 km southwest
• Hāflong — 44 km northeast
• Karīmganj — 45 km west
• Dharmanagar — 82 km southwest
• Sylhet — 94 km west, Bangladesh
• Churāchāndpur — 104 km southeast
• Maulavi Bāzār — 110 km west, Bangladesh
• Imphāl — 116 km east
• Chhātak — 116 km west, Bangladesh
• Aizawl — 122 km south

Largest cities in Assam

• Guwahati — 962,334
• Dibrugarh — 145,488
• Jorhāt — 126,736
• Tinsukia — 116,322
• Tezpur — 75,540
• Bongaigaon — 67,322
• Dhuburi — 63,388
• Sibsāgar — 62,104
• Diphu — 61,797
• North Lakhimpur — 59,841

Largest cities in India

• Mumbai — 12,691,836
• Delhi — 11,034,555
• Bengaluru — 8,495,492
• Hyderābād — 6,993,262
• Ahmedabad — 6,357,693
• Chennai — 4,681,087
• Kolkata — 4,631,392
• Surat — 4,591,246
• Pune — 3,124,458
• Jaipur — 3,046,163

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.