About Silla Village

Silla is a small village in Bhatwari tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 226 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,177 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silla village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Bhatwari
Pincode	249135
Area (hectares)	336.38 hectares
Population	492
Male Population	226
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,177
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 Silla compares

By the 2011 count Silla is the 41st largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 578 residents. Its 336.38 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Silla

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

Silla lies about 19 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 76 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 Silla
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatwari	4.2 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	19 km
Nearest town	Tehri	45 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	76 km

Villages closest to Silla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silla village had a population of 492. That makes it the 41st largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 578 residents.

Silla village has 226 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silla has about 1177 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Silla is 249135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silla covers 336.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silla falls under Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silla is Harrawala, about 76 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 Silla.

Silla is about 19 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silla is in Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Bhatwari is about 4.2 km away. Uttarkashi is about 19 km away. Tehri is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.