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About Silodha Village

Silodha is a mid sized village in Khurai tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,523, made up of 802 males and 721 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 954.57 hectares hectares.

Silodha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silodha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Khurai
Area (hectares) 954.57 hectares
Population 1,523
Male Population 802
Female Population 721
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Silodha compares

By the 2011 count Silodha is the 14th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 798 residents. Its 954.57 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Silodha

Silodha is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Silodha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silodha from other places

Silodha lies about 42 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Relwai Stesan Sumreri, about 2.6 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 Silodha
Nearest railway station Relwai Stesan Sumreri 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Khurai 5.5 km
District headquarters Sagar 42 km

Villages closest to Silodha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silodha village had a population of 1,523. That makes it the 14th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 798 residents.

Silodha village has 802 males and 721 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silodha has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Silodha covers 954.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silodha falls under Khurai tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silodha is Relwai Stesan Sumreri, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Silodha.

Silodha is about 42 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silodha is in Khurai tehsil of Sagar district. Relwai Stesan Sumreri is about 2.6 km away. Khurai is about 5.5 km away. Sagar is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mehmada (under 2 km), Ganpat (1.6 km) and Siyakhedi (1.7 km).

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

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