About Shilar Village

Shilar is a mid sized village in Karjat tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 782, made up of 405 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.91 hectares hectares.

Shilar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shilar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Karjat
Area (hectares)	419.91 hectares
Population	782
Male Population	405
Female Population	377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shilar compares

By the 2011 count Shilar is the 87th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 419.91 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Shilar

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

Shilar lies about 23 km from Karjat, 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 Shilar
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karjat	23 km

Villages closest to Shilar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shilar village had a population of 782. That makes it the 87th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Shilar village has 405 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shilar has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Shilar covers 419.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shilar falls under Karjat tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Shilar 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shilar.

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

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