About Silawan Village

Silawan is a small village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 363, made up of 195 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206 hectares hectares.

Silawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Mungaoli
Area (hectares)	206 hectares
Population	363
Male Population	195
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silawan compares

By the 2011 count Silawan is the 176th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 206 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Silawan

Silawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Silawan from other places

Silawan lies about 48 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Mungaoli, about 7.1 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 Silawan
Nearest railway station	Mungaoli	7.1 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	48 km

Villages closest to Silawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silawan village had a population of 363. That makes it the 176th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Silawan village has 195 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silawan has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Silawan covers 206 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.

Silawan falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silawan is Mungaoli, about 7.1 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silawan.

Silawan is about 48 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silawan is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Mungaoli is about 7.1 km away. Ashoknagar is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.