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About Selur Village

Selur is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 102 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Selur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Selur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249001
Area (hectares) 88.88 hectares
Population 211
Male Population 102
Female Population 109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Selur compares

By the 2011 count Selur is the 147th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 88.88 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 1154.

Getting to Selur

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

Selur lies about 22 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 44 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 Selur
Nearest town Srīnagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 22 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 22 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 44 km

Villages closest to Selur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Selur village had a population of 211. That makes it the 147th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Selur village has 102 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Selur has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Selur is 249001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Selur covers 88.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Selur falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Selur is Rishikesh, about 44 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 Selur.

Selur is about 22 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Selur is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 13 km away. Tehri is about 22 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Painula Bichiya (3.0 km), Haswan Gaon (5.6 km) and Jogiyana (8.0 km).

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

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