About Siltara Village

Siltara is a small village in Begamganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 325, made up of 184 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 766 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.36 hectares hectares.

Siltara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siltara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Begamganj
Area (hectares)	292.36 hectares
Population	325
Male Population	184
Female Population	141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	766
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Siltara compares

By the 2011 count Siltara is the 143rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 292.36 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Siltara

Siltara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Siltara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Siltara from other places

Siltara lies about 63 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Isarwara, about 41 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 Siltara
Tehsil headquarters	Begamganj	3.9 km
Nearest railway station	Isarwara	41 km
District headquarters	Raisen	63 km

Villages closest to Siltara

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

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Common questions about Siltara

As per the Census of India 2011, Siltara village had a population of 325. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Siltara village has 184 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siltara has about 766 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Siltara covers 292.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Siltara falls under Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Siltara is Isarwara, about 41 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Siltara.

Siltara is about 63 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siltara is in Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district. Begamganj is about 3.9 km away. Isarwara is about 41 km away. Raisen is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.