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About Silos Village

Silos is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 356, made up of 137 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,599 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silos Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silos village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249155
Area (hectares) 55.68 hectares
Population 356
Male Population 137
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,599
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silos compares

By the 2011 count Silos is the 136th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 55.68 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Silos

Silos is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silos as Available within village. 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. The nearest villages by name are Sema, Semaltha, Semwara and Semya. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Silos

As per the Census of India 2011, Silos village had a population of 356. That makes it the 136th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Silos village has 137 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silos has about 1599 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Silos is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silos covers 55.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silos falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Silos notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silos.

Silos is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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