About Silkani Village

Silkani is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 405, made up of 189 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249192, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silkani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silkani village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Narendranagar
Pincode	249192
Area (hectares)	108.3 hectares
Population	405
Male Population	189
Female Population	216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,143
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silkani compares

By the 2011 count Silkani is the 52nd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 108.3 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Silkani

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

Silkani lies about 26 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 18 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 Silkani
Tehsil headquarters	Narendranagar	17 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	18 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	18 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	26 km

Villages closest to Silkani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silkani village had a population of 405. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Silkani village has 189 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silkani has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Silkani is 249192. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silkani covers 108.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silkani falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silkani is Rishikesh, about 18 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 Silkani.

Silkani is about 26 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silkani is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 17 km away. Rishīkesh is about 18 km away. Rishikesh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.