About Silh Village

Silh is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 84, made up of 45 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, 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	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173221
Area (hectares)	21.57 hectares
Population	84
Male Population	45
Female Population	39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silh compares

By the 2011 count Silh is the 172nd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 21.57 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 1020.

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 5 - 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 Silh from other places

Silh lies about 49 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 32 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
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	19 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	32 km
District headquarters	Solan	49 km

Villages closest to Silh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arki 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 84. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Silh village has 45 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silh has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Silh is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silh covers 21.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silh falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silh is Kiratpur Sahib, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance for Silh.

Silh is about 49 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silh is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 19 km away. Sundarnagar is about 26 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.