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About Tila Kalan Village

Tila Kalan is a small village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 292, made up of 163 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 791 females per 1000 males. The village covers 827.21 hectares hectares.

Tila Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tila Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Gairatganj
Area (hectares) 827.21 hectares
Population 292
Male Population 163
Female Population 129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 791
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 Tila Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Tila Kalan is the 123rd largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 827.21 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 892.

Getting to Tila Kalan

Tila Kalan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tila Kalan 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 Tila Kalan from other places

Tila Kalan lies about 30 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 23 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 Tila Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Gairatganj 18 km
Nearest railway station Sorai 23 km
Nearest town Vidisha 26 km
District headquarters Raisen 30 km

Villages closest to Tila Kalan

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 Tila Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Tila Kalan village had a population of 292. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Tila Kalan village has 163 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tila Kalan has about 791 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

Tila Kalan covers 827.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tila Kalan falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tila Kalan is Sorai, about 23 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 Tila Kalan.

Tila Kalan is about 30 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tila Kalan is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 18 km away. Sorai is about 23 km away. Vidisha is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Semrajerghati (1.7 km), Jhirniya (2.7 km) and Sukarra (2.9 km).

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

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