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About Silouti Village

Silouti is a mid sized village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,916, made up of 951 males and 965 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 499.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silouti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silouti village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Kurud
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 499.5 hectares
Population 1,916
Male Population 951
Female Population 965
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silouti compares

By the 2011 count Silouti is the 30th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 499.5 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 Silouti

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

Silouti lies about 19 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sankra, about 17 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 Silouti
Nearest railway station Sankra 17 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Kurud 24 km

Villages closest to Silouti

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.

Common questions about Silouti

As per the Census of India 2011, Silouti village had a population of 1,916. That makes it the 30th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Silouti village has 951 males and 965 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silouti has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Silouti is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silouti covers 499.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silouti falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silouti is Sankra, about 17 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 Silouti.

Silouti is about 19 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silouti is in Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Sankra is about 17 km away. Dhamtari is about 19 km away. Kurud is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Soura Bandha (under 2 km), Jungdehi (1.8 km) and Tarragondi (2.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Silouti today is likely to be higher.

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