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About Silawan Village

Silawan is a small village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 84 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 583 hectares hectares.

Silawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Shadhora
Area (hectares) 583 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 84
Female Population 89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Silawan compares

By the 2011 count Silawan is the 87th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 583 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 913.

Getting to Silawan

The census records public bus service for Silawan 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 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 19 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahatwas, about 3.8 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 Rahatwas 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Shadhora 19 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 19 km

Villages closest to Silawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silawan village had a population of 173. That makes it the 87th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Silawan village has 84 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silawan has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 913.

Silawan covers 583 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Silawan is Rahatwas, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Silawan.

Silawan is about 19 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 Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Rahatwas is about 3.8 km away. Shadhora is about 19 km away. Ashoknagar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rusalla Shadora (6.5 km), Madhana Khiriya (12 km) and Aurangaber Khedi (16 km).

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

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