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About Silla Village

Silla is a small village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10, made up of 9 males and 1 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144626, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silla village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi
Pincode 144626
Area (hectares) 121.81 hectares
Population 10
Male Population 9
Female Population 1
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 111
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 Silla compares

By the 2011 count Silla is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 121.81 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Silla

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

Silla lies about 33 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Giddarpindi, about 8.3 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 Silla
Nearest railway station Giddarpindi 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Sultanpur Lodhi 10 km
Nearest town Patti 23 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 33 km

Villages closest to Silla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sultanpur Lodhi 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 Silla

As per the Census of India 2011, Silla village had a population of 10. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Silla village has 9 males and 1 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silla has about 111 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Silla is 144626. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silla covers 121.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silla falls under Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Silla is Giddarpindi, about 8.3 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 Silla.

Silla is about 33 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silla is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district. Giddarpindi is about 8.3 km away. Sultanpur Lodhi is about 10 km away. Patti is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hazara (under 2 km), Thakar Kaura (under 2 km) and Mandi Alluwal (1.6 km).

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

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