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About Silgi Village

Silgi is a mid sized village in Devendranagar tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,704, made up of 898 males and 806 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 405.38 hectares hectares.

Silgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silgi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Devendranagar
Area (hectares) 405.38 hectares
Population 1,704
Male Population 898
Female Population 806
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silgi compares

By the 2011 count Silgi is the 9th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 405.38 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Silgi

Silgi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silgi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Silgi from other places

Silgi lies about 34 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Lagargawan, 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 Silgi
Tehsil headquarters Devendranagar 12 km
Nearest town Nāgod 15 km
District headquarters Panna 34 km
Nearest railway station Lagargawan 38 km

Villages closest to Silgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silgi village had a population of 1,704. That makes it the 9th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Silgi village has 898 males and 806 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silgi has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Silgi covers 405.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silgi falls under Devendranagar tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silgi is Lagargawan, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Silgi.

Silgi is about 34 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silgi is in Devendranagar tehsil of Panna district. Devendranagar is about 12 km away. Nāgod is about 15 km away. Panna is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dharampuraï Amsil (under 2 km), Girwara (2.3 km) and Patiya (3.0 km).

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

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