About Silon Village

Silon is a mid sized village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 834, made up of 463 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 801 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1795.62 hectares hectares.

Silon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Rajnagar
Area (hectares)	1795.62 hectares
Population	834
Male Population	463
Female Population	371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	801
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silon compares

By the 2011 count Silon is the 95th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 1795.62 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 887.

Getting to Silon

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

Silon lies about 35 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Duriyaganj, about 14 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 Silon
Nearest railway station	Duriyaganj	14 km
Nearest town	Khajuraho Group of Monuments	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajnagar	25 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	35 km

Villages closest to Silon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silon village had a population of 834. That makes it the 95th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Silon village has 463 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silon has about 801 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 887.

Silon covers 1795.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silon falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silon is Duriyaganj, about 14 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 Silon.

Silon is about 35 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silon is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Duriyaganj is about 14 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 22 km away. Rajnagar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.