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About Silwar Village

Silwar is a small village in Sihawal tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 106, made up of 52 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.01 hectares hectares.

Silwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sidhi
Tehsil Sihawal
Area (hectares) 99.01 hectares
Population 106
Male Population 52
Female Population 54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silwar compares

By the 2011 count Silwar is the 254th largest of the 286 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 99.01 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Silwar

Silwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silwar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Silwar from other places

Silwar lies about 37 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Majhaoli, about 48 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 Silwar
Tehsil headquarters Sihawal 4.6 km
Nearest town Mauganj 34 km
District headquarters Sidhi 37 km
Nearest railway station Majhaoli 48 km

Villages closest to Silwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwar village had a population of 106. That makes it the 254th largest of the 286 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Silwar village has 52 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwar has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Silwar covers 99.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silwar falls under Sihawal tehsil of Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silwar is Majhaoli, about 48 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 village for Silwar.

Silwar is about 37 km from Sidhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwar is in Sihawal tehsil of Sidhi district. Sihawal is about 4.6 km away. Mauganj is about 34 km away. Sidhi is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lilwar (under 2 km), Ghopari (2.3 km) and Hinauti (2.5 km).

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

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