About Silaon Village

Silaon is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 38 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silaon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Ramshahr
Pincode	174102
Area (hectares)	14.22 hectares
Population	70
Male Population	38
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silaon compares

By the 2011 count Silaon is the 152nd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 14.22 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 992.

Getting to Silaon

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

Silaon lies about 52 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 34 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 Silaon
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramshahr	30 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	34 km
District headquarters	Solan	52 km

Villages closest to Silaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silaon village had a population of 70. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Silaon village has 38 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silaon has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Silaon is 174102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silaon covers 14.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silaon falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silaon is Jutogh, about 34 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 Silaon.

Silaon is about 52 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silaon is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Sundarnagar is about 21 km away. Ramshahr is about 30 km away. Jutogh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.