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About Silkheda Village

Silkheda is a mid sized village in Shyampur tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,457, made up of 804 males and 653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 972.76 hectares hectares.

Silkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silkheda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Shyampur
Area (hectares) 972.76 hectares
Population 1,457
Male Population 804
Female Population 653
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 812
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silkheda compares

By the 2011 count Silkheda is the 25th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 972.76 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 906.

Getting to Silkheda

Silkheda is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silkheda as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Silkheda from other places

Silkheda lies about 48 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Shujalpur, about 16 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 Silkheda
Tehsil headquarters Shyampur 7.5 km
Nearest town Shujālpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Shujalpur 16 km
District headquarters Sehore 48 km

Villages closest to Silkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silkheda village had a population of 1,457. That makes it the 25th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Silkheda village has 804 males and 653 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silkheda has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Silkheda covers 972.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silkheda falls under Shyampur tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silkheda is Shujalpur, about 16 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silkheda.

Silkheda is about 48 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silkheda is in Shyampur tehsil of Sehore district. Shyampur is about 7.5 km away. Shujālpur is about 13 km away. Shujalpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bankheda (under 2 km), Barkheda Deva (under 2 km) and Barkheda Hasan (under 2 km).

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

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