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About Silotiya Village

Silotiya is a mid sized village in Mhow tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 571, made up of 301 males and 270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.24 hectares hectares.

Silotiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silotiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Mhow
Area (hectares) 272.24 hectares
Population 571
Male Population 301
Female Population 270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silotiya compares

By the 2011 count Silotiya is the 105th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 272.24 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Silotiya

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

Silotiya lies about 16 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Tihi, about 3.1 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 Silotiya
Nearest railway station Tihi 3.1 km
Nearest town Pithampur 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Mhow 10 km
District headquarters Indore 16 km

Villages closest to Silotiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silotiya village had a population of 571. That makes it the 105th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Silotiya village has 301 males and 270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silotiya has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Silotiya covers 272.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silotiya falls under Mhow tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silotiya is Tihi, about 3.1 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 Silotiya.

Silotiya is about 16 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silotiya is in Mhow tehsil of Indore district. Tihi is about 3.1 km away. Pithampur is about 4.0 km away. Mhow is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badgonda (2.8 km), Karadiya (3.8 km) and Tihi (3.9 km).

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

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