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About Silari Village

Silari is a mid sized village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 756, made up of 362 males and 394 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.66 hectares hectares.

Silari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Gairatganj
Area (hectares) 58.66 hectares
Population 756
Male Population 362
Female Population 394
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silari compares

By the 2011 count Silari is the 40th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 58.66 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Silari

Silari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silari as Available within 5 - 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 Silari from other places

Silari lies about 25 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Vidisha, 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 Silari
District headquarters Raisen 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Gairatganj 26 km
Nearest railway station Vidisha 35 km

Villages closest to Silari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silari village had a population of 756. That makes it the 40th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Silari village has 362 males and 394 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silari has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Silari covers 58.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silari falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silari is Vidisha, 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silari.

Silari is about 25 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silari is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Raisen is about 25 km away. Gairatganj is about 26 km away. Vidisha 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 Mahalpur Patha (3.1 km), Babai (4.1 km) and Pathari (5.1 km).

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

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