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About Silluk Village

Silluk is a mid sized village in Mebo tehsil, in the district of East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 859, made up of 429 males and 430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males.

Silluk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silluk village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District East Siang
Tehsil Mebo
Population 859
Male Population 429
Female Population 430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
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 Silluk compares

By the 2011 count Silluk is the 4th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 702 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Silluk

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

Silluk lies about 26 km from East Siang, and the nearest railway station is Pasighat, about 23 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 Silluk
Nearest town Pāsighāt 20 km
Nearest railway station Pasighat 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Mebo 26 km
District headquarters East Siang 26 km

Villages closest to Silluk

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silluk village had a population of 859. That makes it the 4th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 702 residents.

Silluk village has 429 males and 430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silluk has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 966.

Silluk falls under Mebo tehsil of East Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silluk is Pasighat, about 23 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 Silluk.

Silluk is about 26 km from East Siang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silluk is in Mebo tehsil of East Siang district. Pāsighāt is about 20 km away. Pasighat is about 23 km away. Mebo is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mebo H Q (7.0 km), Mebo Village (7.0 km) and Ayeng (13 km).

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

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