About Silapata Village

Silapata is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 160 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,300 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silapata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silapata village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246440
Area (hectares)	129.03 hectares
Population	368
Male Population	160
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,300
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silapata compares

By the 2011 count Silapata is the 59th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 129.03 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Silapata

Silapata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silapata as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Silapata from other places

Silapata lies about 34 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 79 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 Silapata
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	8.7 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	34 km
Nearest town	Pauri	44 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	79 km

Villages closest to Silapata

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 Silapata

As per the Census of India 2011, Silapata village had a population of 368. That makes it the 59th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Silapata village has 160 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silapata has about 1300 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Silapata is 246440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silapata covers 129.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silapata falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silapata is Kotdwara, about 79 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silapata.

Silapata is about 34 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silapata is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 8.7 km away. Chamoli is about 34 km away. Pauri is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.