About Silakot Village

Silakot is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 94, made up of 53 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 774 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246428
Area (hectares)	101.37 hectares
Population	94
Male Population	53
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	774
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 Silakot compares

By the 2011 count Silakot is the 166th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 101.37 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1219.

Getting to Silakot

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

Silakot lies about 41 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 73 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 Silakot
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	5.0 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	41 km
Nearest town	Pauri	46 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	73 km

Villages closest to Silakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silakot village had a population of 94. That makes it the 166th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Silakot village has 53 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silakot has about 774 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Silakot is 246428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silakot covers 101.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silakot falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silakot is Ramnagar, about 73 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 Silakot.

Silakot is about 41 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silakot is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 5.0 km away. Chamoli is about 41 km away. Pauri is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.