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About Silani Gaon Village

Silani Gaon is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 79 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silani Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silani Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249126
Area (hectares) 39.98 hectares
Population 160
Male Population 79
Female Population 81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
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 Silani Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Silani Gaon is the 176th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 39.98 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 1228.

Getting to Silani Gaon

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

Silani Gaon 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 Silani Gaon
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 Silani Gaon

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 Silani Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Silani Gaon village had a population of 160. That makes it the 176th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Silani Gaon village has 79 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silani Gaon has about 1025 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 Silani Gaon is 249126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silani Gaon covers 39.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silani Gaon falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silani Gaon 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 Silani Gaon.

Silani Gaon 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.

Silani Gaon 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 Silaur (under 2 km).

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

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