About Silla Village

Silla is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 142 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silla village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	249145
Area (hectares)	98.97 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	142
Female Population	138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
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 Silla compares

By the 2011 count Silla is the 92nd largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 98.97 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Silla

Silla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silla 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 Silla from other places

Silla lies about 27 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 19 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 Silla
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	4.9 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	13 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	19 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	27 km

Villages closest to Silla

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

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Common questions about Silla

As per the Census of India 2011, Silla village had a population of 280. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Silla village has 142 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silla has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Silla is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silla covers 98.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silla falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silla is Dehradun, about 19 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 Silla.

Silla is about 27 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silla is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Dhanaulti is about 4.9 km away. Mussoorie is about 13 km away. Dehradun is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.