About Silamu Village

Silamu is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 373, made up of 201 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 512.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silamu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silamu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	512.79 hectares
Population	373
Male Population	201
Female Population	172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
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 Silamu compares

By the 2011 count Silamu is the 50th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 512.79 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 953.

Getting to Silamu

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

Silamu lies about 38 km from Dehradun. 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 Silamu
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	16 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	24 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	38 km

Villages closest to Silamu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silamu village had a population of 373. That makes it the 50th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Silamu village has 201 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silamu has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Silamu is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silamu covers 512.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silamu falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Silamu notes the nearest railway station 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 Silamu.

Silamu is about 38 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silamu is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 16 km away. Mussoorie is about 24 km away. Dehradun is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.