About Sil Village

Sil is a mid sized village in Kharar tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 963, made up of 494 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sil village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Kharar
Pincode	140413
Area (hectares)	274 hectares
Population	963
Male Population	494
Female Population	469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sil compares

By the 2011 count Sil is the 59th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 274 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 875.

Getting to Sil

Sil is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sil 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sil from other places

Sil lies about 19 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is New Morinda Junction, about 6.3 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 Sil
Nearest railway station	New Morinda Junction	6.3 km
Nearest town	Morinda	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharar	11 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	19 km

Villages closest to Sil

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sil village had a population of 963. That makes it the 59th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Sil village has 494 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sil has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 875.

The pincode recorded for Sil is 140413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sil covers 274 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sil falls under Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sil is New Morinda Junction, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sil.

Sil is about 19 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sil is in Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. New Morinda Junction is about 6.3 km away. Morinda is about 7.1 km away. Kharar is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.