About Silyara Village

Silyara is a mid sized village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 775, made up of 361 males and 414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,147 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silyara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silyara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249155
Area (hectares)	145.78 hectares
Population	775
Male Population	361
Female Population	414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,147
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silyara compares

By the 2011 count Silyara is the 29th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 145.78 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 1240.

Getting to Silyara

Silyara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silyara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Silyara from other places

Silyara lies about 65 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 28 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 Silyara
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	25 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	28 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	65 km

Villages closest to Silyara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silyara village had a population of 775. That makes it the 29th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Silyara village has 361 males and 414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silyara has about 1147 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

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

Silyara covers 145.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Silyara is Kotdwara, about 28 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Silyara.

Silyara is about 65 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silyara is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Ghansali is about 25 km away. Kotdwāra is about 28 km away. Kotdwara is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.