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About Sildi Katal Village

Sildi Katal is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 31 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sildi Katal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sildi Katal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 150.34 hectares
Population 60
Male Population 31
Female Population 29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
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 Sildi Katal compares

By the 2011 count Sildi Katal is the 167th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 150.34 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Sildi Katal

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

Sildi Katal lies about 27 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Raiwala Junction, about 19 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 Sildi Katal
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 6.2 km
Nearest railway station Raiwala Junction 19 km
Nearest town Haridwar 20 km
District headquarters Garhwal 27 km

Villages closest to Sildi Katal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Yamkeshwar 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 Sildi Katal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sildi Katal village had a population of 60. That makes it the 167th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Sildi Katal village has 31 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sildi Katal has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Sildi Katal is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sildi Katal covers 150.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sildi Katal falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sildi Katal is Raiwala Junction, about 19 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 Sildi Katal.

Sildi Katal is about 27 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sildi Katal is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 6.2 km away. Raiwala Junction is about 19 km away. Haridwar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daya Katal (under 2 km), Katal Pulani (under 2 km) and Bhawashi (under 2 km).

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

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