About Sila Village

Sila is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 240, made up of 118 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sila village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	109.29 hectares
Population	240
Male Population	118
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
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 Sila compares

By the 2011 count Sila is the 65th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 109.29 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Sila

Sila is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sila 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 Sila from other places

Sila lies about 25 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 Sila
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	5.0 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	18 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	25 km

Villages closest to Sila

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sila village had a population of 240. That makes it the 65th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Sila village has 118 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sila has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Sila is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sila covers 109.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sila falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

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

Sila is about 25 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sila is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 5.0 km away. Mussoorie is about 18 km away. Dehradun is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.