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About Silpara Village

Silpara is a small village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 403, made up of 217 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3479 hectares hectares.

Silpara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silpara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Vijaypur
Area (hectares) 3479 hectares
Population 403
Male Population 217
Female Population 186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
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 Silpara compares

By the 2011 count Silpara is the 81st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 3479 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 846.

Getting to Silpara

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

Silpara lies about 68 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Parakheda, about 31 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 Silpara
Tehsil headquarters Vijaypur 26 km
Nearest railway station Parakheda 31 km
Nearest town Sabalgarh 49 km
District headquarters Sheopur 68 km

Villages closest to Silpara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silpara village had a population of 403. That makes it the 81st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Silpara village has 217 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silpara has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 846.

Silpara covers 3479 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silpara falls under Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silpara is Parakheda, about 31 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 Silpara.

Silpara is about 68 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silpara is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Vijaypur is about 26 km away. Parakheda is about 31 km away. Sabalgarh is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nad (3.3 km), Bamanwas (7.9 km) and Bechai (8.0 km).

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

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