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About Silari Village

Silari is a small village in Pratapnagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 487, made up of 226 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,155 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silari village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Pratapnagar
Pincode 249165
Area (hectares) 180.42 hectares
Population 487
Male Population 226
Female Population 261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,155
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silari compares

By the 2011 count Silari is the 62nd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 180.42 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1142.

Getting to Silari

Silari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Silari from other places

Silari lies about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 43 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 Silari
Tehsil headquarters Pratapnagar 6.6 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 13 km
Nearest town Tehri 13 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 43 km

Villages closest to Silari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silari village had a population of 487. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Silari village has 226 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silari has about 1155 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1142.

The pincode recorded for Silari is 249165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silari covers 180.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silari falls under Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silari is Harrawala, about 43 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 10+ km distance for Silari.

Silari is about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silari is in Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Pratapnagar is about 6.6 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 13 km away. Tehri is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kordi (under 2 km), Godri May Kyarki (1.9 km) and Golani (1.9 km).

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

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