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About Silgarh Village

Silgarh is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 20 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silgarh village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249122
Area (hectares) 41.91 hectares
Population 42
Male Population 20
Female Population 22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,100
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 Silgarh compares

By the 2011 count Silgarh is the 293rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 41.91 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 Silgarh

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

Silgarh lies about 21 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 38 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 Silgarh
Nearest town Srīnagar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 21 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 21 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 38 km

Villages closest to Silgarh

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 Silgarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Silgarh village had a population of 42. That makes it the 293rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Silgarh village has 20 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silgarh has about 1100 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 Silgarh is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silgarh covers 41.91 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Silgarh is Rishikesh, about 38 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 Silgarh.

Silgarh is about 21 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silgarh is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 14 km away. Devprayag is about 21 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dewal Kandi (under 2 km), Pharasuli (under 2 km) and Pharaswan Gaon (1.7 km).

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

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