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About Silaytha Village

Silaytha is a large village in Joura tehsil, in the district of Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,865, made up of 1,562 males and 1,303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 700 hectares hectares.

Silaytha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silaytha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Morena
Tehsil Joura
Area (hectares) 700 hectares
Population 2,865
Male Population 1,562
Female Population 1,303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silaytha compares

By the 2011 count Silaytha is the 36th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,731 residents. Its 700 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 819.

Getting to Silaytha

Silaytha is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silaytha 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silaytha from other places

Silaytha lies about 6.5 km from Morena, and the nearest railway station is Sank, about 6.8 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 Silaytha
Nearest town Jora Khurd 5.7 km
District headquarters Morena 6.5 km
Nearest railway station Sank 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Joura 21 km

Villages closest to Silaytha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silaytha village had a population of 2,865. That makes it the 36th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,731 residents.

Silaytha village has 1,562 males and 1,303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silaytha has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 819.

Silaytha covers 700 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silaytha falls under Joura tehsil of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silaytha is Sank, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Silaytha.

Silaytha is about 6.5 km from Morena in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silaytha is in Joura tehsil of Morena district. Jora Khurd is about 5.7 km away. Morena is about 6.5 km away. Sank is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matkora Kham (2.0 km), Matkora Khalsa (2.1 km) and Khaneta (2.3 km).

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

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