About Silaith Village

Silaith is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 91 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,385 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246176, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silaith Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silaith village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246176
Area (hectares)	198.96 hectares
Population	217
Male Population	91
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,385
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 Silaith compares

By the 2011 count Silaith is the 136th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 198.96 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Silaith

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

Silaith lies about 17 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 27 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 Silaith
District headquarters	Garhwal	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	25 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	27 km

Villages closest to Silaith

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silaith village had a population of 217. That makes it the 136th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Silaith village has 91 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silaith has about 1385 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Silaith is 246176. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silaith covers 198.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silaith falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silaith is Kotdwara, about 27 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 Silaith.

Silaith is about 17 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silaith is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 17 km away. Pauri is about 25 km away. Kotdwara is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.