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About Silri Village

Silri is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 15 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,467 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silri village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 246172
Area (hectares) 54.32 hectares
Population 37
Male Population 15
Female Population 22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,467
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silri compares

By the 2011 count Silri is the 184th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 54.32 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1227.

Getting to Silri

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

Silri lies about 31 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Virbhadra, about 15 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 Silri
Nearest railway station Virbhadra 15 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 15 km
District headquarters Garhwal 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 34 km

Villages closest to Silri

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

Common questions about Silri

As per the Census of India 2011, Silri village had a population of 37. That makes it the 184th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Silri village has 15 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silri has about 1467 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1227.

The pincode recorded for Silri is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silri covers 54.32 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.

Silri falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silri is Virbhadra, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance for Silri.

Silri is about 31 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silri is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Virbhadra is about 15 km away. Rishīkesh is about 15 km away. Garhwal is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bareth (4.2 km), Malawa (6.2 km) and Uchhakot (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Silri today is likely to be higher.

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