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About Silri Village

Silri is a small village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 95 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silri village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Garud
Pincode 263635
Area (hectares) 41.89 hectares
Population 180
Male Population 95
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silri compares

By the 2011 count Silri is the 121st largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 41.89 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 1174.

Getting to Silri

Silri is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Silri from other places

Silri lies about 22 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 74 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 Silri
Tehsil headquarters Garud 22 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 22 km
Nearest town Almora 38 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 74 km

Villages closest to Silri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silri village had a population of 180. That makes it the 121st largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Silri village has 95 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silri has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1174.

The pincode recorded for Silri is 263635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silri covers 41.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silri falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silri is Kathgodam, about 74 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silri.

Silri is about 22 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silri is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 22 km away. Bageshwar is about 22 km away. Almora is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kapkoti (under 2 km), Lohar Chora (under 2 km) and Gairlekh (under 2 km).

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

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