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About Silwani Village

Silwani is a large village in Itarsi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,353, made up of 1,203 males and 1,150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2256.88 hectares hectares.

Silwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Itarsi
Area (hectares) 2256.88 hectares
Population 2,353
Male Population 1,203
Female Population 1,150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silwani compares

By the 2011 count Silwani is the 11th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents. Its 2256.88 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Silwani

Silwani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silwani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silwani from other places

Silwani lies about 43 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Pola-Patthar, about 6.1 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 Silwani
Nearest railway station Pola-Patthar 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Itarsi 28 km
Nearest town Itārsi 28 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 43 km

Villages closest to Silwani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwani village had a population of 2,353. That makes it the 11th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents.

Silwani village has 1,203 males and 1,150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwani has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Silwani covers 2256.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silwani falls under Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silwani is Pola-Patthar, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silwani.

Silwani is about 43 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwani is in Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Pola-Patthar is about 6.1 km away. Itarsi is about 28 km away. Itārsi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhargada (under 2 km), Kotmi Ryt (2.0 km) and Kotmimal (2.0 km).

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

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