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About Silon Village

Silon is a small village in Chaurah tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 416, made up of 221 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 333 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silon village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Chaurah
Pincode 176316
Area (hectares) 333 hectares
Population 416
Male Population 221
Female Population 195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silon compares

By the 2011 count Silon is the 91st largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 441 residents. Its 333 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Silon

Silon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Silon from other places

Silon lies about under 2 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 41 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 Silon
Tehsil headquarters Chaurah under 2 km
District headquarters Chamba under 2 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 41 km

Villages closest to Silon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silon village had a population of 416. That makes it the 91st largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 441 residents.

Silon village has 221 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silon has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Silon is 176316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silon covers 333 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silon falls under Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silon is Nurpur Road, about 41 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silon.

Silon is about under 2 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silon is in Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district. Chaurah is about under 2 km away. Chamba is about under 2 km away. Nurpur Road is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are R F Singra (under 2 km), Singori (under 2 km) and Siri (under 2 km).

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

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