Silphili observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Pratappur mandal is Shiv Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Silphili itself.
By population, Silphili ranks #59 of 115 villages in Pratappur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Silphili is a village of 1,052 people in 262 households (Census 2011) in Pratappur tehsil, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 59th-largest of 115 villages in Pratappur tehsil. Literacy is 46%, about the same as the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,035 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497223, served by Pratappur (Surguja) post office; the LGD village code is 432272. The sarpanch is Amrita markam, and the village votes in Bhanupratappur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Savitri Manoj Mandavi. The population is estimated at 1,240 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Silphili →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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