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About Siladi Village

Siladi is a mid sized village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 253 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siladi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siladi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Pusour
Pincode 496440
Area (hectares) 99.13 hectares
Population 530
Male Population 253
Female Population 277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,095
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Siladi compares

By the 2011 count Siladi is the 97th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 99.13 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Siladi

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

Siladi lies about 23 km from Pusour, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 22 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 Siladi
Nearest railway station Raigarh 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Pusour 23 km

Villages closest to Siladi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Siladi village had a population of 530. That makes it the 97th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Siladi village has 253 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siladi has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Siladi is 496440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siladi covers 99.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siladi falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Siladi is Raigarh, about 22 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 10+ km distance for Siladi.

Siladi is about 23 km from Pusour in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siladi is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Raigarh is about 22 km away. Pusour is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jiladi (under 2 km), Khaprapali (under 2 km) and Raipali (under 2 km).

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

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