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About Silu Village

Silu is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 202, made up of 115 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 757 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silu village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171201
Area (hectares) 91.4 hectares
Population 202
Male Population 115
Female Population 87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 757
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silu compares

By the 2011 count Silu is the 160th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 91.4 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 990.

Getting to Silu

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

Silu lies about 17 km from Shimla. 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 Silu
Tehsil headquarters Theog 2.6 km
District headquarters Shimla 17 km

Villages closest to Silu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silu village had a population of 202. That makes it the 160th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Silu village has 115 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silu has about 757 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Silu is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silu covers 91.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silu falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Silu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silu.

Silu is about 17 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silu is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 2.6 km away. Shimla is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jugo (under 2 km), Tikar (under 2 km) and Tatal (under 2 km).

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

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