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About Silhati Village

Silhati is a small village in Majholi tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 344, made up of 193 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 782 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.65 hectares hectares.

Silhati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silhati village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Jabalpur
Tehsil Majholi
Area (hectares) 98.65 hectares
Population 344
Male Population 193
Female Population 151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 782
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 Silhati compares

By the 2011 count Silhati is the 131st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 757 residents. Its 98.65 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 935.

Getting to Silhati

Silhati is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silhati 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 Silhati from other places

Silhati lies about 28 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Gosalpur, about 13 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 Silhati
Tehsil headquarters Majholi 9.1 km
Nearest railway station Gosalpur 13 km
Nearest town Panāgar 16 km
District headquarters Jabalpur 28 km

Villages closest to Silhati

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silhati village had a population of 344. That makes it the 131st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 757 residents.

Silhati village has 193 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silhati has about 782 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Silhati covers 98.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silhati falls under Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silhati is Gosalpur, about 13 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 Silhati.

Silhati is about 28 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silhati is in Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district. Majholi is about 9.1 km away. Gosalpur is about 13 km away. Panāgar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tikuri (under 2 km), Kuda (under 2 km) and Umariya (1.6 km).

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

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