About Silli Village

Silli is a small village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 195, made up of 98 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.44 hectares hectares.

Silli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silli village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Gairatganj
Area (hectares)	396.44 hectares
Population	195
Male Population	98
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silli compares

By the 2011 count Silli is the 148th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 396.44 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Silli

Silli is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silli 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silli from other places

Silli lies about 39 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, 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 Silli
Tehsil headquarters	Gairatganj	8.0 km
Nearest town	Begamganj	32 km
Nearest railway station	Sorai	38 km
District headquarters	Raisen	39 km

Villages closest to Silli

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.

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Common questions about Silli

As per the Census of India 2011, Silli village had a population of 195. That makes it the 148th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Silli village has 98 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silli has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Silli covers 396.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Silli is Sorai, about 38 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Silli.

Silli is about 39 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silli is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 8.0 km away. Begamganj is about 32 km away. Sorai is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.