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About Silegaon Village

Silegaon is a large village in Tumsar tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,047, made up of 1,007 males and 1,040 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.58 hectares hectares.

Silegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Tumsar
Area (hectares) 490.58 hectares
Population 2,047
Male Population 1,007
Female Population 1,040
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silegaon compares

By the 2011 count Silegaon is the 23rd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 490.58 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Silegaon

Silegaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silegaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Silegaon from other places

Silegaon lies about 36 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Mundikota, about 7.9 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 Silegaon
Nearest railway station Mundikota 7.9 km
Nearest town Tirorā 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Tumsar 13 km
District headquarters Bhandara 36 km

Villages closest to Silegaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silegaon village had a population of 2,047. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Silegaon village has 1,007 males and 1,040 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silegaon has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 997.

Silegaon covers 490.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silegaon falls under Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Silegaon is Mundikota, about 7.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silegaon.

Silegaon is about 36 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silegaon is in Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district. Mundikota is about 7.9 km away. Tirorā is about 9.8 km away. Tumsar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Wahani (1.9 km), Sihora (2.1 km) and Machhera (2.1 km).

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

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