About Silghat Village

Silghat is a mid sized village in Barghat tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 794, made up of 387 males and 407 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 373.35 hectares hectares.

Silghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silghat village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni
Tehsil	Barghat
Area (hectares)	373.35 hectares
Population	794
Male Population	387
Female Population	407
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Silghat compares

By the 2011 count Silghat is the 92nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents. Its 373.35 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Silghat

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

How far is Silghat from other places

Silghat lies about 29 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Kaniwara, about 13 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 Silghat
Nearest railway station	Kaniwara	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barghat	16 km
District headquarters	Seoni	29 km

Villages closest to Silghat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silghat village had a population of 794. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents.

Silghat village has 387 males and 407 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silghat has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Silghat covers 373.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silghat falls under Barghat tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silghat is Kaniwara, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Silghat is about 29 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silghat is in Barghat tehsil of Seoni district. Kaniwara is about 13 km away. Barghat is about 16 km away. Seoni is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.