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About Tilai Village

Tilai is a large village in Nainpur tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,062, made up of 1,038 males and 1,024 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 514.85 hectares hectares.

Tilai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tilai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Nainpur
Area (hectares) 514.85 hectares
Population 2,062
Male Population 1,038
Female Population 1,024
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Tilai compares

By the 2011 count Tilai is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 514.85 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. 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 Tilai

Tilai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tilai 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tilai from other places

Tilai lies about 16 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Mandla Fort, about 14 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 Tilai
Nearest railway station Mandla Fort 14 km
District headquarters Mandla 16 km
Nearest town Mandlā 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Nainpur 19 km

Villages closest to Tilai

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.

Common questions about Tilai

As per the Census of India 2011, Tilai village had a population of 2,062. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Tilai village has 1,038 males and 1,024 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tilai has about 987 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.

Tilai covers 514.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tilai is Mandla Fort, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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 Tilai.

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

Tilai is in Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district. Mandla Fort is about 14 km away. Mandla is about 16 km away. Mandlā 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 Banjara Tola Ryt (under 2 km), Deori (2.9 km) and Kokiwada (3.0 km).

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

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