About Silkot Village

Silkot is a small village in Berinag tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 23 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,435 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262534, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Berinag
Pincode	262534
Area (hectares)	42.63 hectares
Population	56
Male Population	23
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,435
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silkot compares

By the 2011 count Silkot is the 197th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 183 residents. Its 42.63 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1140.

Getting to Silkot

Silkot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silkot as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Selipakh, Sera, Sigalti and Silakhet. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Silkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Silkot village had a population of 56. That makes it the 197th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 183 residents.

Silkot village has 23 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silkot has about 1435 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1140.

The pincode recorded for Silkot is 262534. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silkot covers 42.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silkot falls under Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Silkot notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silkot.

Silkot is in Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.