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About Silaur Village

Silaur is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 59, made up of 29 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silaur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249101
Area (hectares) 59.6 hectares
Population 59
Male Population 29
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
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 Silaur compares

By the 2011 count Silaur is the 278th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 59.6 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Silaur

Silaur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silaur 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 Silaur from other places

Silaur lies about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 41 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 Silaur
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 16 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 16 km
Nearest town Tehri 16 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 41 km

Villages closest to Silaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silaur village had a population of 59. That makes it the 278th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Silaur village has 29 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silaur has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Silaur is 249101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silaur covers 59.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silaur falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silaur is Harrawala, about 41 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 Silaur.

Silaur is about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silaur is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 16 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 16 km away. Tehri is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gosil (under 2 km), Naulasilla (under 2 km) and Silani Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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