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Silokhra is a village located, near Gurugram city in the Gurugram district 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,sushantlok, dlf phase-4 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
Village
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Gurugram
Region	North India
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Municipal Corporation, Gurugram
Population
• Total	7,715
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Haryanvi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	122001[1]
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR-26-XX-XXXX
Website	haryana.gov.in

History

During the British colonial rule in the early 1800s 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

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

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

• Delhi Ridge
• Leopards of Haryana
• Gurugram leopard and deer safari
• List of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries of Haryana
• Badshahpur
• Bandhwari
• Gurugram Airstrip

References

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