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About Silodiya Village

Silodiya is a small village in Badnawar tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 346, made up of 165 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 303.44 hectares hectares.

Silodiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silodiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Badnawar
Area (hectares) 303.44 hectares
Population 346
Male Population 165
Female Population 181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,097
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 Silodiya compares

By the 2011 count Silodiya is the 138th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 303.44 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 982.

Getting to Silodiya

Silodiya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silodiya 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 Silodiya from other places

Silodiya lies about 73 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Unhel, about 9.6 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 Silodiya
Nearest railway station Unhel 9.6 km
Nearest town Barnagar 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Badnawar 32 km
District headquarters Dhar 73 km

Villages closest to Silodiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silodiya village had a population of 346. That makes it the 138th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Silodiya village has 165 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silodiya has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Silodiya covers 303.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silodiya falls under Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silodiya is Unhel, about 9.6 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 Silodiya.

Silodiya is about 73 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silodiya is in Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district. Unhel is about 9.6 km away. Barnagar is about 22 km away. Badnawar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalyanpura (5.9 km), Bordi (8.7 km) and Karanpura (8.7 km).

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

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