About Silgaon Village

Silgaon is a mid sized village in Chandla tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 373 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.63 hectares hectares.

Silgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silgaon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Chandla
Area (hectares)	172.63 hectares
Population	722
Male Population	373
Female Population	349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silgaon compares

By the 2011 count Silgaon is the 51st largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents. Its 172.63 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 863.

Getting to Silgaon

Silgaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silgaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Silgaon from other places

Silgaon lies about 61 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 29 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 Silgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Chandla	4.8 km
Nearest town	Lauri	22 km
Nearest railway station	Singhpur Dumra	29 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	61 km

Villages closest to Silgaon

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

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Common questions about Silgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Silgaon village had a population of 722. That makes it the 51st largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents.

Silgaon village has 373 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silgaon has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 863.

Silgaon covers 172.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silgaon falls under Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silgaon is Singhpur Dumra, about 29 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silgaon.

Silgaon is about 61 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silgaon is in Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chandla is about 4.8 km away. Lauri is about 22 km away. Singhpur Dumra is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.