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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Silpara is a village in Vijaypur mandal, Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh with a population of 403 across 84 households. The literacy rate is 27.3% and postal code is 476332.
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- LGD code
- 451457
- Pincode
- 476332
- Post office
- Bijaipur (Sheopur)
- Population
- 403
- Households
- 84
- Literacy rate
- 27.3%
- Sex ratio
- 857 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 159
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 266 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 331 km
- Nearest railway station
- Parakheda · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment Hospital,Bairad · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Silpara compares
By population, Silpara ranks #82 of 111 villages in Vijaypur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
27.3%
−18.7% vs mandal average
- Silpara
- 27.3%
- Vijaypur mandal
- 46.0%
- Sheopur district
- 47.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
857
+6 vs mandal average
- Silpara
- 857
- Vijaypur mandal
- 851
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Silpara
- 4.8
- Vijaypur mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Silpara at a glance
Silpara is a village of 403 people in 84 households (Census 2011) in Vijaypur tehsil, Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 82nd-largest of 111 villages in Vijaypur tehsil. Literacy is 27%, 19 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 857 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Sheopur district centre, 37 km from Mohana, the nearest town, 13 km from Parakheda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 476332, served by Bijaipur (Sheopur) post office; the LGD village code is 451457. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment Hospital,Bairad, 9 km away. The sarpanch is nill, and the village votes in Pohari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kailash Kushwah. The population is estimated at 475 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silpara · this village | 403 | 27% | — |
| Belwara Mata · Bairad | 2,287 | 45% | 0.1 km E |
| Kheda · Vijaypur | — | — | 2.5 km SE |
| Akoda · Vijaypur | 0 | — | 2.5 km SE |
| Khadera · Vijaypur | 94 | 18% | 2.5 km SE |
| Aroda · Vijaypur | 1,417 | 44% | 2.5 km SE |
| Binhera Buzurg · Bairad | 187 | 50% | 3 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Silpara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- VIJAYPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 57
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 117
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 57
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 3,479
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2
- Forest area (ha)
- 2,837
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Silpara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Silpara
- LGD code
- 451457
- Pincode
- 476332
- Post office
- Bijaipur (Sheopur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 403
- Population (projected 2026)
- 475
- Households
- 84
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 857
- Literacy rate
- 27.3%
- Coordinates
- 25.65410°N, 77.52275°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gwalior
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pohari
- Member of Parliament
- Bharat Singh Kushwah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kailash Kushwah
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- nill
- Block / Mandal
- Vijaypur
Getting there
How to reach Silpara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal266 kmcapital
- Delhi331 km
- Mumbai873 km
- Hyderabad925 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationParakheda13 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment Hospital,Bairad9 km
- CollegeJawhar Navodaya Vidyalaya. Shivpuri.40 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)