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About Silghat Village

Silghat is a mid sized village in Berla tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,320, made up of 664 males and 656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 750.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 490036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silghat village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Berla
Pincode 490036
Area (hectares) 750.89 hectares
Population 1,320
Male Population 664
Female Population 656
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silghat compares

By the 2011 count Silghat is the 54th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents. Its 750.89 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

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 <5 km distance. 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 43 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Mandhar, 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 Silghat
Tehsil headquarters Berla 15 km
Nearest railway station Mandhar 17 km
Nearest town Ahīwāra 20 km
District headquarters Durg 43 km

Villages closest to Silghat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silghat village had a population of 1,320. That makes it the 54th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents.

Silghat village has 664 males and 656 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silghat has about 988 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 1002.

The pincode recorded for Silghat is 490036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silghat covers 750.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silghat falls under Berla tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silghat is Mandhar, 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 <5 km distance for Silghat.

Silghat is about 43 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silghat is in Berla tehsil of Durg district. Berla is about 15 km away. Mandhar is about 17 km away. Ahīwāra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kota (2.9 km), Kumhi (3.6 km) and Kumhiguda (3.6 km).

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

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