About Silora Village

Silora is a small village in Pratapnagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 296, made up of 142 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silora village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Pratapnagar
Pincode	249165
Area (hectares)	67.97 hectares
Population	296
Male Population	142
Female Population	154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,085
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 Silora compares

By the 2011 count Silora is the 98th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 67.97 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 1142.

Getting to Silora

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

Silora lies about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 41 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 Silora
Tehsil headquarters	Pratapnagar	11 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Tehri	16 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	41 km

Villages closest to Silora

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.

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Common questions about Silora

As per the Census of India 2011, Silora village had a population of 296. That makes it the 98th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Silora village has 142 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silora has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1142.

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

Silora covers 67.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Silora is Harrawala, about 41 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 Silora.

Silora is about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silora is in Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Pratapnagar is about 11 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 16 km away. Tehri is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.