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About Sileti Village

Sileti is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 247, made up of 122 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sileti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sileti village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249122
Area (hectares) 91.96 hectares
Population 247
Male Population 122
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
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 Sileti compares

By the 2011 count Sileti is the 119th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 91.96 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 Sileti

Sileti is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sileti 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sileti from other places

Sileti 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 Sileti
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 Sileti

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 Sileti

As per the Census of India 2011, Sileti village had a population of 247. That makes it the 119th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Sileti village has 122 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sileti 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 Sileti is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sileti covers 91.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sileti 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sileti.

Sileti 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.

Sileti 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 Sileti today is likely to be higher.

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