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About Silwani Village

Silwani is a small village in THALISAIN tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 32 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 7.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246285, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silwani village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil THALISAIN
Pincode 246285
Area (hectares) 7.87 hectares
Population 68
Male Population 32
Female Population 36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,125
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 Silwani compares

By the 2011 count Silwani is the 320th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 7.87 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1285.

Getting to Silwani

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

Silwani lies about 60 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 62 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 Silwani
Nearest town Srīnagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters THALISAIN 33 km
District headquarters Garhwal 60 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 62 km

Villages closest to Silwani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silwani village had a population of 68. That makes it the 320th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Silwani village has 32 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silwani has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1285.

The pincode recorded for Silwani is 246285. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silwani covers 7.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silwani falls under THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silwani is Rishikesh, about 62 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 Silwani.

Silwani is about 60 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silwani is in THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 13 km away. THALISAIN is about 33 km away. Garhwal is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nayalgarh (9.6 km), Kafalsar (10 km) and Kharkasaree (10 km).

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

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