About Silli Village

Silli is a mid sized village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,123, made up of 566 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silli village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Mungeli
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	300.67 hectares
Population	1,123
Male Population	566
Female Population	557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silli compares

By the 2011 count Silli is the 53rd largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 300.67 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Silli

Silli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silli as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silli from other places

Silli lies about 60 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 51 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Silli
Tehsil headquarters	Mungeli	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	51 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	60 km

Villages closest to Silli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mungeli tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Silli

As per the Census of India 2011, Silli village had a population of 1,123. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Silli village has 566 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silli has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Silli is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silli covers 300.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silli falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silli is Kargi Road, about 51 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Silli.

Silli is about 60 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silli is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 12 km away. Kargi Road is about 51 km away. Bilaspur is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.