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About Silkote Village

Silkote is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 48, made up of 25 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silkote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silkote village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Gangolihat
Pincode 262532
Area (hectares) 62.79 hectares
Population 48
Male Population 25
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silkote compares

By the 2011 count Silkote is the 239th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 62.79 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1159.

Getting to Silkote

Silkote is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silkote as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Silkote from other places

Silkote lies about 39 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 39 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 Silkote
Nearest town Almora 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangolihat 26 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 39 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 39 km

Villages closest to Silkote

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silkote village had a population of 48. That makes it the 239th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Silkote village has 25 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silkote has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Silkote is 262532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silkote covers 62.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silkote falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silkote is Kathgodam, about 39 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silkote.

Silkote is about 39 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silkote is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 17 km away. Gangolihat is about 26 km away. Pithoragarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bahalkote (under 2 km), Ran Kote Upreti (under 2 km) and Punauli (2.6 km).

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

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