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About Tilai Village

Tilai is a small village in Buxwaha tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 369, made up of 190 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.12 hectares hectares.

Tilai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tilai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Buxwaha
Area (hectares) 236.12 hectares
Population 369
Male Population 190
Female Population 179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tilai compares

By the 2011 count Tilai is the 68th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 713 residents. Its 236.12 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 847.

Getting to Tilai

Tilai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tilai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Tilai from other places

Tilai lies about 75 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Patharia, about 45 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 Tilai
Tehsil headquarters Buxwaha 5.3 km
Nearest town Hatta 34 km
Nearest railway station Patharia 45 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 75 km

Villages closest to Tilai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tilai village had a population of 369. That makes it the 68th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 713 residents.

Tilai village has 190 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tilai has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 847.

Tilai covers 236.12 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.

Tilai falls under Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tilai is Patharia, about 45 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Tilai.

Tilai is about 75 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tilai is in Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Buxwaha is about 5.3 km away. Hatta is about 34 km away. Patharia is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Birampura (under 2 km), Hirdepur (1.7 km) and Machhandari (2.7 km).

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

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