About Silkuwa Village

Silkuwa is a large village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,164, made up of 1,099 males and 1,065 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.77 hectares hectares.

Silkuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silkuwa village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Dahi
Area (hectares)	337.77 hectares
Population	2,164
Male Population	1,099
Female Population	1,065
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Silkuwa compares

By the 2011 count Silkuwa is the 13th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 337.77 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Silkuwa

Silkuwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Silkuwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silkuwa from other places

Silkuwa lies about 72 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Jobat, about 28 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 Silkuwa
Nearest town	Kukshi	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dahi	18 km
Nearest railway station	Jobat	28 km
District headquarters	Dhar	72 km

Villages closest to Silkuwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silkuwa village had a population of 2,164. That makes it the 13th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Silkuwa village has 1,099 males and 1,065 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silkuwa has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Silkuwa covers 337.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silkuwa falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silkuwa is Jobat, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Silkuwa.

Silkuwa is about 72 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silkuwa is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Kukshi is about 2.6 km away. Dahi is about 18 km away. Jobat is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.