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About Silwara Kalan Village

Silwara Kalan is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 806, made up of 426 males and 380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 495 hectares hectares.

Silwara Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwara Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 495 hectares
Population 806
Male Population 426
Female Population 380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silwara Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Silwara Kalan is the 93rd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 495 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Silwara Kalan

Silwara Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silwara Kalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Silwara Kalan from other places

Silwara Kalan lies about 31 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Piprai Gaon, about 10 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 Silwara Kalan
Nearest railway station Piprai Gaon 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 18 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 31 km

Villages closest to Silwara Kalan

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.

Common questions about Silwara Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwara Kalan village had a population of 806. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Silwara Kalan village has 426 males and 380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwara Kalan has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Silwara Kalan covers 495 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silwara Kalan falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silwara Kalan is Piprai Gaon, about 10 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silwara Kalan.

Silwara Kalan is about 31 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwara Kalan is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Piprai Gaon is about 10 km away. Mungaoli is about 18 km away. Ashoknagar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Silwara Khurd (under 2 km), Kenwara (2.4 km) and Achalgarh (3.4 km).

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

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