About Silwani Village

Silwani is a small village in Nainpur tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 339, made up of 171 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.9 hectares hectares.

Silwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwani village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Mandla
Tehsil	Nainpur
Area (hectares)	234.9 hectares
Population	339
Male Population	171
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silwani compares

By the 2011 count Silwani is the 120th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 234.9 hectares work out to about 1.4 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1021.

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 5 - 10 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 Silwani from other places

Silwani lies about 27 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Chiraidongri, about 7.8 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	Chiraidongri	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nainpur	25 km
District headquarters	Mandla	27 km

Villages closest to Silwani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwani village had a population of 339. That makes it the 120th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Silwani village has 171 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwani has about 982 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 1021.

Silwani covers 234.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silwani falls under Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silwani is Chiraidongri, about 7.8 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silwani.

Silwani is about 27 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwani is in Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district. Chiraidongri is about 7.8 km away. Nainpur is about 25 km away. Mandla is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.