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About Silkuhi Village

Silkuhi is a small village in Deori tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 44 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 773 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374.05 hectares hectares.

Silkuhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silkuhi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Deori
Area (hectares) 374.05 hectares
Population 78
Male Population 44
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 773
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silkuhi compares

By the 2011 count Silkuhi is the 200th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 374.05 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 901.

Getting to Silkuhi

Silkuhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silkuhi as Available within village. 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 Silkuhi from other places

Silkuhi lies about 71 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Belkhera, about 40 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 Silkuhi
Tehsil headquarters Deori 14 km
Nearest town Deori Khās 14 km
Nearest railway station Belkhera 40 km
District headquarters Sagar 71 km

Villages closest to Silkuhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silkuhi village had a population of 78. That makes it the 200th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Silkuhi village has 44 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silkuhi has about 773 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

Silkuhi covers 374.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silkuhi falls under Deori tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silkuhi is Belkhera, about 40 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silkuhi.

Silkuhi is about 71 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silkuhi is in Deori tehsil of Sagar district. Deori is about 14 km away. Deori Khās is about 14 km away. Belkhera is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harduli (1.8 km), Purena Chouki (2.4 km) and Purenakaran (2.4 km).

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

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