Silwani Tehsil - Raisen, Madhya Pradesh

Silwani is an administrative tehsil in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Silwani is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Gadarwara, while the nearest airport is Raja Bhoj International Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 93.1 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 1,286 km², including 1,262.90 km² rural area and 22.91 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 923 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Silwani Tehsil

Silwani Tehsil has a total of 187 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Aamapani Kalan	Urban	Not applicable
2	Alazpur	Rural	Khamera
3	Ambapani Khurd	Rural	Ambapani Khurd
4	Amgawan	Rural	Amgawan
5	Bagwada	Rural	Chind
6	Bakshi	Rural	Devri Jageer
7	Banda Deori	Rural	Kunwarkhedi
8	Bardha	Rural	Bardha
9	Bardha Bambori	Rural	Bamhori Bardha
10	Bareli	Rural	Kheri
11	Barrapondi	Rural	Khamkua
12	Bater	Rural	Bater
13	Begawan Kalan	Rural	Begawa Kala
14	Beguwakhurd	Urban	Not applicable
15	Berkhedi	Rural	Hinotiya
16	Berkhedi	Rural	Hatoda
17	Berua	Rural	Berua
18	Bhanpur	Rural	Dhangawan
19	Bhatpura	Rural	Chicholi
20	Bhiloni	Rural	Hinotiya
21	Bhondiya	Rural	Nigri
22	Bichhua	Rural	Pratapgarh
23	Bigharra	Rural	Kolua
24	Bikalpur	Rural	Bikalpur
25	Bilgawan	Rural	Khamkua
26	Birpur	Rural	Devri 1
27	Bitali	Rural	Kunwarkhedi
28	Budha	Rural	Bardha
29	Chainpur	Rural	Chainpur
30	Chandan Pipaliya	Rural	Chandan Pipaliya
31	Chandpura	Rural	Chandpur
32	Chandpura Kalan	Rural	Chicholi
33	Chandpura Khurd	Rural	Simariya
34	Chargawan	Rural	Ponar
35	Chauka	Rural	Juniya
36	Chhind	Rural	Chind
37	Chicholi	Rural	Chicholi
38	Chilli	Rural	Chandan Pipaliya
39	Chirchita	Rural	Berua
40	Chouka	Rural	Dhangawan
41	Chunhetiya	Rural	Chunhetiya
42	Dabri	Rural	Dabri
43	Deokani	Rural	Ambapani Khurd
44	Deori	Rural	Devri Jageer
45	Deori	Rural	Devri 1
46	Deori	Rural	Devri 2
47	Dhana	Rural	Khamera
48	Dhangawan	Rural	Dhangawan
49	Dholpur	Rural	Uchera Jamuniya
50	Dungariya	Rural	Jaithari
51	Dungariya Kalan	Rural	Dungariya Kala
52	Gadarwara	Rural	Khamariya Manpur
53	Gadgawan	Rural	Tinghara
54	Gaganwada	Rural	Uchera Jamuniya
55	Gaganwada Kalan	Rural	Begawa Kala
56	Gajnai	Rural	Pathapondi
57	Gelpur	Rural	Begawa Kala
58	Ghana	Rural	Ambapani Khurd
59	Ghoghari	Rural	Narayanpur
60	Ghoorpur	Rural	Khamera
61	Ghoorpur	Rural	Khamkua
62	Gorkhakalan	Rural	Chandan Pipaliya
63	Gorkhakhurd	Rural	Berua
64	Gundrai	Rural	Gundrai 2
65	Gutori	Rural	Chainpur
66	Hameerpur	Rural	Pathapondi
67	Hatnapur	Rural	Devri 2
68	Hatoda	Rural	Hatoda
69	Hinotiya	Rural	Hinotiya
70	Hirapur	Rural	Jatpur
71	Imaliya	Rural	Dabri
72	Jabalpur	Rural	Hatoda
73	Jaithari	Rural	Jaithari
74	Jaitpur	Rural	Jatpur
75	Jamanjhiri	Rural	Ponar
76	Jamanpani	Rural	Semrakhas
77	Jamuniya	Rural	Bikalpur
78	Jamuniya Paramsukh	Urban	Not applicable
79	Jarua	Rural	Khamera
80	Jhamar	Rural	Hinotiya
81	Jhamar	Rural	Berua
82	Johar	Rural	Salabarru
83	Jujharpur	Rural	Jaithari
84	Junapura	Rural	Phulmar
85	Juniya	Rural	Juniya
86	Kachgawan	Rural	Pathapondi
87	Kadeli	Rural	Chicholi
88	Kakarua	Rural	Khamera
89	Kakarua	Rural	Narayanpur
90	Katkui	Rural	Khamkua
91	Khamariya Kalan	Rural	Devri Jageer
92	Khamariya Khurd	Rural	Khamariya Khurd
93	Khamariya Khurd	Rural	Chind
94	Khamariya Manpur	Rural	Khamariya Manpur
95	Khamera	Rural	Khamera
96	Khamkua	Rural	Khamkua
97	Khamraiya Kalan	Rural	Bikalpur
98	Khanpura	Urban	Not applicable
99	Kheri	Rural	Kheri
100	Kheri Khodra	Rural	Khamariya Khurd
101	Kingi	Rural	Kunwarkhedi
102	Kolua	Rural	Kolua
103	Kota Khajari	Rural	Khamariya Manpur
104	Kukwada	Rural	Chhitapar
105	Kunwar Khedi	Rural	Kunwarkhedi
106	Kunwar Pipaliya	Rural	Chicholi
107	Lamanyau	Rural	Narayanpur
108	Madanpur	Rural	Dungariya Kala
109	Madhiya	Rural	Simariya
110	Madhiya	Rural	Devri 1
111	Magarmoli	Rural	Hatoda
112	Mahgawan	Rural	Devri 1
113	Mahgawan Kalan	Rural	Hatoda
114	Mahgawan Khurd	Rural	Chandpur
115	Mahka	Rural	Ambapani Khurd
116	Mahka	Rural	Narayanpur
117	Majgawan	Rural	Bater
118	Mandha	Rural	Devri 1
119	Mankapur	Rural	Pathapondi
120	Mardanpur	Rural	Dungariya Kala
121	Marheti	Rural	Gundrai 2
122	Mendki	Rural	Bater
123	Mohanpura	Rural	Devri Jageer
124	Moran Pipaliya	Rural	Umarjhir
125	Muar	Rural	Muar
126	Nagjhiri	Rural	Pratapgarh
127	Nagpura	Rural	Pratapgarh
128	Naktua	Rural	Devri 2
129	Nandpur	Rural	Dhangawan
130	Narayanpur	Rural	Narayanpur
131	Nibhora	Rural	Salabarru
132	Nigari	Rural	Nigri
133	Noorpura	Rural	Jaithari
134	Noorpura	Urban	Not applicable
135	Padariya Himmat Singh	Rural	Kheri
136	Pagara	Rural	Simariya
137	Pala	Rural	Bardha
138	Papda	Rural	Amgawan
139	Parasiya	Rural	Pratapgarh
140	Patha	Rural	Kolua
141	Pathapani	Rural	Khamera
142	Pathapondi	Rural	Pathapondi
143	Patna	Rural	Khamariya Manpur
144	Patna	Rural	Jatpur
145	Penpati	Rural	Khamera
146	Phulmar	Rural	Phulmar
147	Pipaliya Kalan	Rural	Dabri
148	Pipaliya Khas	Rural	Gundrai 2
149	Pipliya Khurd	Rural	Chunhetiya
150	Ponar	Rural	Ponar
151	Pondi	Rural	Chind
152	Pratapgarh	Rural	Pratapgarh
153	Puddar	Rural	Khamkua
154	Rahma	Rural	Berua
155	Raipani	Rural	Amgawan
156	Raipura	Rural	Phulmar
157	Rampura Khurd	Rural	Begawa Kala
158	Ranipura	Rural	Juniya
159	Rimjha	Rural	Bamhori Bardha
160	Ronsra Rani	Rural	Devri Jageer
161	Sahajpur	Rural	Umarjhir
162	Sahajpuri	Rural	Khamariya Manpur
163	Sai Kheda	Rural	Sai Kheda
164	Sala Barru	Rural	Salabarru
165	Salaiya	Rural	Bater
166	Salaiya Parsora	Rural	Khamkua
167	Samnapur	Rural	Devri 1
168	Samnapur	Rural	Amgawan
169	Sanaidar	Rural	Devri 2
170	Sarkhadi	Rural	Khamariya Khurd
171	Sarra	Rural	Chandpur
172	Sarra Kalan	Rural	Devri Jageer
173	Sarra Khurd	Rural	Hinotiya
174	Searmau	Rural	Searmau
175	Semra Khas	Rural	Semrakhas
176	Silwani	Urban	Not applicable
177	Simariya	Rural	Simariya
178	Simariya	Rural	Ponar
179	Singota	Rural	Bamhori Bardha
180	Singpuri	Rural	Khamera
181	Sojni	Rural	Sai Kheda
182	Sultanpur	Rural	Khamera
183	Tendukheda	Rural	Phulmar
184	Tinghara	Rural	Tinghara
185	Tinghari	Rural	Ambapani Khurd
186	Uchera Jamuniya	Rural	Uchera Jamuniya
187	Umarjhir	Rural	Umarjhir

Population of Silwani Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Silwani Tehsil has a total population of 1,54,774 people, consisting of 80,461 males and 74,313 females. There are 33,614 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 120 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	1,54,774	1,36,151	18,623
Male Population	80,461	70,806	9,655
Female Population	74,313	65,345	8,968
Total Households	33,614	29,997	3,617
Population Density	120 / km²	108 / km²	813 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 90,501 literate people and 24,994 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 17,859 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 57,960 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	24,994	22,261	2,733
Literate Population	90,501	77,387	13,114
Illiterate Population	64,273	58,764	5,509
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	17,859	16,313	1,546
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	57,960	55,968	1,992

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Silwani (सिलवानी)
District	Raisen
State / UT	Madhya Pradesh
Railway Station	Gadarwara
Total Area	1,286 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	923
Total Population (2011)	1,54,774
Density	120/km²
Total Villages	187

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