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About Silwa Village

Silwa is a mid sized village in Bhatapara tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 972, made up of 474 males and 498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 553.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Bhatapara
Pincode 493118
Area (hectares) 553.38 hectares
Population 972
Male Population 474
Female Population 498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silwa compares

By the 2011 count Silwa is the 62nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,367 residents. Its 553.38 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Silwa

Silwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silwa 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silwa from other places

Silwa lies about 83 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Nipania, about 5.6 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 Silwa
Nearest railway station Nipania 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhatapara 20 km
Nearest town Bhātāpāra 20 km
District headquarters Raipur 83 km

Villages closest to Silwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwa village had a population of 972. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,367 residents.

Silwa village has 474 males and 498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwa has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Silwa is 493118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silwa covers 553.38 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.

Silwa falls under Bhatapara tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silwa is Nipania, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silwa.

Silwa is about 83 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwa is in Bhatapara tehsil of Raipur district. Nipania is about 5.6 km away. Bhatapara is about 20 km away. Bhātāpāra 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 Chandli (2.1 km), Dhaneli (3.4 km) and Pasid (3.6 km).

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

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