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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gayatri shukla
Contact: 98****2639
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- LGD code
- 457640
- Pincode
- 471525
- Post office
- Chandla
- Population
- 722
- Households
- 190
- Literacy rate
- 39.5%
- Sex ratio
- 936 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 381
- Distance to district centre
- 80 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 343 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 496 km
- Nearest railway station
- Singhpur Dumra · 29 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Chandla · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Silgaon compares
By population, Silgaon ranks #50 of 86 villages in Chandla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
39.5%
−10.6% vs mandal average
Silgaon39.5%
Chandla mandal50.1%
Chhatarpur district53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
936
+76 vs mandal average
Silgaon936
Chandla mandal860
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.8 vs mandal average
Silgaon3.8
Chandla mandal4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Silgaon at a glance
Silgaon is a village of 722 people in 190 households (Census 2011) in Chandla tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 50th-largest of 86 villages in Chandla tehsil. Literacy is 40%, 11 points below the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 80 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 47 km from Tindwara, the nearest town, 29 km from Singhpur Dumra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471525, served by Chandla post office; the LGD village code is 457640. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Chandla, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Gayatri shukla, and the village votes in Chandla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ahirwar Dileep. The population is estimated at 851 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silgaon · this village | 722 | 40% | — |
| Luhar Purwa · Chandla | 280 | 49% | 1.7 km NE |
| Chhati Bamhori · Chandla | 3,229 | 55% | 1.8 km W |
| Pawai · Chandla | 677 | 52% | 2.4 km SE |
| Kharaba · Chandla | 851 | 42% | 2.9 km E |
| Banjari · Chandla | 3,094 | 47% | 3.2 km S |
| Tikari · Chandla | 1,051 | 45% | 3.6 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Silgaon
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHANDLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 95
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 172.63
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 23.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Silgaon
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Silgaon
- LGD code
- 457640
- Pincode
- 471525
- Post office
- Chandla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 722
- Population (projected 2026)
- 851
- Households
- 190
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 936
- Literacy rate
- 39.5%
- Coordinates
- 25.02916°N, 80.18262°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chandla
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ahirwar Dileep
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gayatri shukla
- Block / Mandal
- Chandla
Getting there
How to reach Silgaon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal343 kmcapital
- Delhi496 km
- Hyderabad868 km
- Kolkata876 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSinghpur Dumra29 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Chandla5 km
- ATM / bankSBI Bank33 km
- CollegeGovt Polytechnic Mahoba45 km
- Police stationPolice Station Badausa53 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Silgaon
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Sun temple, Banjari TikariTemple3.1 km ↗
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Other villages named Silgaon
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Villages near Silgaon
Other villages in Chandla mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)