About Silghat Village

Silghat is a mid sized village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,774, made up of 880 males and 894 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silghat village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Kurud
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	426.43 hectares
Population	1,774
Male Population	880
Female Population	894
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silghat compares

By the 2011 count Silghat is the 38th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 426.43 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Silghat

Silghat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silghat 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 Silghat from other places

Silghat lies about 25 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sirry, about 16 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 Silghat
Nearest railway station	Sirry	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kurud	19 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	25 km

Villages closest to Silghat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kurud 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 Silghat

As per the Census of India 2011, Silghat village had a population of 1,774. That makes it the 38th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Silghat village has 880 males and 894 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silghat has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Silghat is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silghat covers 426.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silghat falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silghat is Sirry, about 16 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 Silghat.

Silghat is about 25 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silghat is in Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Sirry is about 16 km away. Kurud is about 19 km away. Dhamtari is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.