About Sila Village

Sila is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 130, made up of 62 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sila village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	47.12 hectares
Population	130
Male Population	62
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,097
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 Sila compares

By the 2011 count Sila is the 109th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 47.12 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Sila

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

Sila lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Sila
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	5.3 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	23 km

Villages closest to Sila

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.

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Common questions about Sila

As per the Census of India 2011, Sila village had a population of 130. That makes it the 109th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Sila village has 62 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sila has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Sila covers 47.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sila falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sila is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Sila.

Sila is about 22 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sila is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 5.3 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Kotdwāra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.