About Silli Village

Silli is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,199, made up of 585 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 424.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silli village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	497331
Area (hectares)	424.42 hectares
Population	1,199
Male Population	585
Female Population	614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silli compares

By the 2011 count Silli is the 72nd largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 424.42 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

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 5 - 10 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 Silli from other places

Silli lies about 21 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Durg Junction, about 19 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	Dhamdha	8.5 km
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	12 km
Nearest railway station	Durg Junction	19 km
District headquarters	Durg	21 km

Villages closest to Silli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhamdha 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 1,199. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Silli village has 585 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silli has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Silli is 497331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silli covers 424.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silli falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silli is Durg Junction, about 19 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 - 10 km distance for Silli.

Silli is about 21 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silli is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Dhamdha is about 8.5 km away. Ahīwāra is about 12 km away. Durg Junction is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.