About Shilvat Village

Shilvat is a large village in Sonawari tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,461, made up of 1,277 males and 1,184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.6 hectares hectares.

Shilvat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shilvat village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Area (hectares)	99.6 hectares
Population	2,461
Male Population	1,277
Female Population	1,184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shilvat compares

By the 2011 count Shilvat is the 25th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 99.6 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Shilvat

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

Shilvat lies about 24 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Pattan, about 9.6 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 Shilvat
Tehsil headquarters	Sonawari	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Pattan	9.6 km
Nearest town	Ganderbal	11 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	24 km

Villages closest to Shilvat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shilvat village had a population of 2,461. That makes it the 25th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Shilvat village has 1,277 males and 1,184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shilvat has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Shilvat covers 99.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Shilvat falls under Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Shilvat is Pattan, about 9.6 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 Shilvat.

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

Shilvat is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Sonawari is about 4.3 km away. Pattan is about 9.6 km away. Ganderbal is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.