About Silwar Gaon Village

Silwar Gaon is a small village in Srinagar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 127, made up of 40 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,175 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silwar Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwar Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Srinagar
Pincode	246147
Area (hectares)	39.47 hectares
Population	127
Male Population	40
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	2,175
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 Silwar Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Silwar Gaon is the 62nd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 189 residents. Its 39.47 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Silwar Gaon

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

Silwar Gaon lies about 75 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 61 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 Silwar Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Srinagar	27 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	27 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	61 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	75 km

Villages closest to Silwar Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Srinagar 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 Silwar Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwar Gaon village had a population of 127. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 189 residents.

Silwar Gaon village has 40 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwar Gaon has about 2175 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Silwar Gaon is 246147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silwar Gaon covers 39.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silwar Gaon falls under Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silwar Gaon is Rishikesh, about 61 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 Silwar Gaon.

Silwar Gaon is about 75 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwar Gaon is in Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district. Srinagar is about 27 km away. Srīnagar is about 27 km away. Rishikesh is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.