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About Silona Village

Silona is a small village in Ajaigarh tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 126 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.65 hectares hectares.

Silona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silona village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Ajaigarh
Area (hectares) 47.65 hectares
Population 224
Male Population 126
Female Population 98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 778
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silona compares

By the 2011 count Silona is the 108th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,321 residents. Its 47.65 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 868.

Getting to Silona

Silona is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silona as Available within <5 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 Silona from other places

Silona lies about 29 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 38 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 Silona
Tehsil headquarters Ajaigarh 8.1 km
District headquarters Panna 29 km
Nearest railway station Singhpur Dumra 38 km

Villages closest to Silona

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silona village had a population of 224. That makes it the 108th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,321 residents.

Silona village has 126 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silona has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 868.

Silona covers 47.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silona falls under Ajaigarh tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silona is Singhpur Dumra, about 38 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 - 10 km distance for Silona.

Silona is about 29 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silona is in Ajaigarh tehsil of Panna district. Ajaigarh is about 8.1 km away. Panna is about 29 km away. Singhpur Dumra is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pairaha (under 2 km), Khamariya (under 2 km) and Bahadurpur (under 2 km).

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

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