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About Silwara Khurd Village

Silwara Khurd is a small village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 344, made up of 178 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150 hectares hectares.

Silwara Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwara Khurd village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 150 hectares
Population 344
Male Population 178
Female Population 166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
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 Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Silwara Khurd is the 180th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 150 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Silwara Khurd

Silwara Khurd is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silwara Khurd 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 Khurd from other places

Silwara Khurd lies about 31 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Piprai Gaon, about 9.4 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 Khurd
Nearest railway station Piprai Gaon 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 18 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 31 km

Villages closest to Silwara Khurd

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 Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwara Khurd village had a population of 344. That makes it the 180th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Silwara Khurd village has 178 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwara Khurd has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

Silwara Khurd covers 150 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Silwara Khurd is Piprai Gaon, about 9.4 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 Khurd.

Silwara Khurd 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 Khurd is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Piprai Gaon is about 9.4 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 Kalan (under 2 km), Kenwara (2.2 km) and Mundari (2.8 km).

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

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