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About Silawat Village

Silawat is a mid sized village in Rajakhera tehsil, in the district of Dhaulpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 791, made up of 424 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 328025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silawat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silawat village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Dhaulpur
Tehsil Rajakhera
Pincode 328025
Area (hectares) 352 hectares
Population 791
Male Population 424
Female Population 367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
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 Silawat compares

By the 2011 count Silawat is the 76th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents. Its 352 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 836.

Getting to Silawat

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

Silawat lies about 45 km from Dhaulpur, and the nearest railway station is Fatehabad, about 12 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 Silawat
Tehsil headquarters Rajakhera 8.6 km
Nearest town Rājākhera 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Fatehabad 12 km
District headquarters Dhaulpur 45 km

Villages closest to Silawat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silawat village had a population of 791. That makes it the 76th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents.

Silawat village has 424 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silawat has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 836.

The pincode recorded for Silawat is 328025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silawat covers 352 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silawat falls under Rajakhera tehsil of Dhaulpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Silawat is Fatehabad, about 12 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 Silawat.

Silawat is about 45 km from Dhaulpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silawat is in Rajakhera tehsil of Dhaulpur district. Rajakhera is about 8.6 km away. Rājākhera is about 8.6 km away. Fatehabad is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jagmohan Ka Pura (under 2 km), Shekhpur Brahman (2.6 km) and Bajna (2.7 km).

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

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