About Silh Village

Silh is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 216 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	21.59 hectares
Population	438
Male Population	216
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silh compares

By the 2011 count Silh is the 28th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 21.59 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Silh

Silh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silh as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Silh from other places

Silh lies about 12 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 9.9 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 Silh
Nearest town	Dharamsala	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Nagrota	9.9 km
District headquarters	Kangra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	34 km

Villages closest to Silh

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

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Common questions about Silh

As per the Census of India 2011, Silh village had a population of 438. That makes it the 28th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Silh village has 216 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silh has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Silh is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silh covers 21.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Silh falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silh is Nagrota, about 9.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Silh.

Silh is about 12 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silh is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 4.4 km away. Nagrota is about 9.9 km away. Kangra is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.