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About Silaro Village

Silaro is a small village in Bada Malhera tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 243 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 267.18 hectares hectares.

Silaro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silaro village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Bada Malhera
Area (hectares) 267.18 hectares
Population 445
Male Population 243
Female Population 202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 831
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silaro compares

By the 2011 count Silaro is the 70th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 267.18 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Silaro

Silaro is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silaro as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silaro from other places

Silaro lies about 45 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tila, about 22 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 Silaro
Tehsil headquarters Bada Malhera 8.7 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 22 km
Nearest railway station Tila 22 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 45 km

Villages closest to Silaro

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bada Malhera 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 Silaro

As per the Census of India 2011, Silaro village had a population of 445. That makes it the 70th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Silaro village has 243 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silaro has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Silaro covers 267.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silaro falls under Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silaro is Tila, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silaro.

Silaro is about 45 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silaro is in Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bada Malhera is about 8.7 km away. Bijāwar is about 22 km away. Tila is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Erora (under 2 km), Ubari (under 2 km) and Kayan (1.6 km).

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

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