About Silpab Village

Silpab is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 216 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silpab Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silpab village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171217
Area (hectares)	146.58 hectares
Population	396
Male Population	216
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
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 Silpab compares

By the 2011 count Silpab is the 19th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 146.58 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Silpab

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

Silpab lies about 24 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 21 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 Silpab
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	24 km
District headquarters	Shimla	24 km

Villages closest to Silpab

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silpab village had a population of 396. That makes it the 19th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Silpab village has 216 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silpab has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Silpab is 171217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silpab covers 146.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silpab falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silpab is Jutogh, about 21 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 Silpab.

Silpab is about 24 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silpab is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 21 km away. Cheta is about 24 km away. Shimla is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.