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About Silori Village

Silori is a small village in Karahal tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 302, made up of 162 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1434 hectares hectares.

Silori Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silori village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Karahal
Area (hectares) 1434 hectares
Population 302
Male Population 162
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
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 Silori compares

By the 2011 count Silori is the 83rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,108 residents. Its 1434 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 914.

Getting to Silori

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

Silori lies about 52 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Khajuri, about 41 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 Silori
Tehsil headquarters Karahal 21 km
Nearest railway station Khajuri 41 km
Nearest town Shivpuri 50 km
District headquarters Sheopur 52 km

Villages closest to Silori

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silori village had a population of 302. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,108 residents.

Silori village has 162 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silori has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Silori covers 1434 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.

Silori falls under Karahal tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silori is Khajuri, about 41 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 Silori.

Silori is about 52 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silori is in Karahal tehsil of Sheopur district. Karahal is about 21 km away. Khajuri is about 41 km away. Shivpuri is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patari (under 2 km), Nabalpura (2.2 km) and Moravan (4.8 km).

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

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