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About Silotiya Village

Silotiya is a mid sized village in Sawer tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,049, made up of 545 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223 hectares hectares.

Silotiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silotiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Sawer
Area (hectares) 223 hectares
Population 1,049
Male Population 545
Female Population 504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silotiya compares

By the 2011 count Silotiya is the 64th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents. Its 223 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Silotiya

Silotiya is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silotiya as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Silotiya from other places

Silotiya lies about 23 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Barlai, about 3.6 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 Silotiya
Nearest railway station Barlai 3.6 km
Nearest town Dewas 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Sawer 20 km
District headquarters Indore 23 km

Villages closest to Silotiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sawer 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 1,049. That makes it the 64th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents.

Silotiya village has 545 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silotiya has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Silotiya covers 223 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Silotiya is Barlai, about 3.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silotiya.

Silotiya is about 23 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 Sawer tehsil of Indore district. Barlai is about 3.6 km away. Dewas is about 13 km away. Sawer is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palasiya (1.9 km), Dakachya (2.5 km) and Pirkaradiya (3.2 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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