About Silaph Village

Silaph is a mid sized village in Deosar tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,542, made up of 778 males and 764 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443.25 hectares hectares.

Silaph Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silaph village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Singrauli
Tehsil	Deosar
Area (hectares)	443.25 hectares
Population	1,542
Male Population	778
Female Population	764
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
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 Silaph compares

By the 2011 count Silaph is the 73rd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents. Its 443.25 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Silaph

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

Silaph lies about 30 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Bargawan, about 11 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 Silaph
Nearest railway station	Bargawan	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Deosar	30 km
District headquarters	Singrauli	30 km

Villages closest to Silaph

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silaph village had a population of 1,542. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents.

Silaph village has 778 males and 764 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silaph has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 960.

Silaph covers 443.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silaph falls under Deosar tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silaph is Bargawan, about 11 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 Silaph.

Silaph is about 30 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silaph is in Deosar tehsil of Singrauli district. Bargawan is about 11 km away. Deosar is about 30 km away. Singrauli is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.