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About Silod Village

Silod is a small village in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 208, made up of 113 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 484.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 444708, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silod village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Nandgaon Khandeshwar
Pincode 444708
Area (hectares) 484.56 hectares
Population 208
Male Population 113
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silod compares

By the 2011 count Silod is the 106th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 998 residents. Its 484.56 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 941.

Getting to Silod

Silod is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silod as Available within <5 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 Silod from other places

Silod lies about 24 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Timtala, 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 Silod
Tehsil headquarters Nandgaon Khandeshwar 6.0 km
Nearest railway station Timtala 11 km
District headquarters Amravati 24 km

Villages closest to Silod

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nandgaon Khandeshwar 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 Silod

As per the Census of India 2011, Silod village had a population of 208. That makes it the 106th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 998 residents.

Silod village has 113 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silod has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Silod is 444708. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silod covers 484.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silod falls under Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Silod is Timtala, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silod.

Silod is about 24 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silod is in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil of Amravati district. Nandgaon Khandeshwar is about 6.0 km away. Timtala is about 11 km away. Amravati is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shirpur (2.2 km), Sawanga Gurav (2.5 km) and Mokhad (2.5 km).

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

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