About Silh Village

Silh is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 118, made up of 56 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, 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	Khundian
Pincode	176030
Area (hectares)	68.29 hectares
Population	118
Male Population	56
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,107
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 118th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 68.29 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1070.

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	Khundian	30 km

Villages closest to Silh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khundian 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 118. That makes it the 118th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Silh village has 56 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silh has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Silh is 176030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silh covers 68.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silh falls under Khundian 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 Khundian 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.