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About Silawali Village

Silawali is a large village in Porsa tehsil, in the district of Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,545, made up of 2,426 males and 2,119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1316 hectares hectares.

Silawali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silawali village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Morena
Tehsil Porsa
Area (hectares) 1316 hectares
Population 4,545
Male Population 2,426
Female Population 2,119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
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 Silawali compares

By the 2011 count Silawali is the 15th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,697 residents. Its 1316 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, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 855.

Getting to Silawali

Silawali is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silawali 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 Silawali from other places

Silawali lies about 68 km from Morena, and the nearest railway station is Itehar, about 6.6 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 Silawali
Nearest railway station Itehar 6.6 km
Nearest town Bhind 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Porsa 30 km
District headquarters Morena 68 km

Villages closest to Silawali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silawali village had a population of 4,545. That makes it the 15th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,697 residents.

Silawali village has 2,426 males and 2,119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silawali has about 873 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 855.

Silawali covers 1316 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silawali falls under Porsa tehsil of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silawali is Itehar, about 6.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silawali.

Silawali is about 68 km from Morena in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silawali is in Porsa tehsil of Morena district. Itehar is about 6.6 km away. Bhind is about 14 km away. Porsa is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bicholi (5.1 km), Kichol (19 km) and Chapak (19 km).

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

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