About Silra Village

Silra is a mid sized village in Narwar tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,431, made up of 790 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 896.05 hectares hectares.

Silra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Narwar
Area (hectares)	896.05 hectares
Population	1,431
Male Population	790
Female Population	641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	811
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 Silra compares

By the 2011 count Silra is the 41st largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents. Its 896.05 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 836.

Getting to Silra

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

Silra lies about 56 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Sonagir, about 26 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 Silra
Nearest town	Karera	17 km
Nearest railway station	Sonagir	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narwar	28 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	56 km

Villages closest to Silra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silra village had a population of 1,431. That makes it the 41st largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents.

Silra village has 790 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silra has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 836.

Silra covers 896.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silra falls under Narwar tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silra is Sonagir, about 26 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 Silra.

Silra is about 56 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silra is in Narwar tehsil of Shivpuri district. Karera is about 17 km away. Sonagir is about 26 km away. Narwar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.