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About Silhati Village

Silhati is a mid sized village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,508, made up of 773 males and 735 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 305.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silhati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silhati village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Bodla
Pincode 493338
Area (hectares) 305.59 hectares
Population 1,508
Male Population 773
Female Population 735
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 951
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silhati compares

By the 2011 count Silhati is the 23rd largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 305.59 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Silhati

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

Silhati lies about 7.7 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 79 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 Silhati
Tehsil headquarters Bodla 6.9 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 7.7 km
Nearest town Kawardha 15 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 79 km

Villages closest to Silhati

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silhati village had a population of 1,508. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Silhati village has 773 males and 735 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silhati has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Silhati is 493338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silhati covers 305.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silhati falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silhati is Kargi Road, about 79 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 Silhati.

Silhati is about 7.7 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silhati is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Bodla is about 6.9 km away. Kabeerdham is about 7.7 km away. Kawardha is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagharra (under 2 km), Uslapur (under 2 km) and Manikpur (under 2 km).

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

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