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About Silwah Village

Silwah is a mid sized village in Baraily tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,013, made up of 545 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 474.97 hectares hectares.

Silwah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwah village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Baraily
Area (hectares) 474.97 hectares
Population 1,013
Male Population 545
Female Population 468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silwah compares

By the 2011 count Silwah is the 38th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 975 residents. Its 474.97 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Silwah

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

How far is Silwah from other places

Silwah lies about 58 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Pipariya, about 35 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 Silwah
Tehsil headquarters Baraily 7.0 km
Nearest town Bareli 7.0 km
Nearest railway station Pipariya 35 km
District headquarters Raisen 58 km

Villages closest to Silwah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwah village had a population of 1,013. That makes it the 38th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 975 residents.

Silwah village has 545 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwah has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Silwah covers 474.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silwah falls under Baraily tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silwah is Pipariya, about 35 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 km distance for Silwah.

Silwah is about 58 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwah is in Baraily tehsil of Raisen district. Baraily is about 7.0 km away. Bareli is about 7.0 km away. Pipariya is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipaliya Karansingh (1.8 km), Untiya Khurd (1.9 km) and Utiya Khurd (1.9 km).

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

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