About Silyar Village

Silyar is a small village in Bhatwari tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 89 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249193, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silyar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Bhatwari
Pincode	249193
Area (hectares)	36.39 hectares
Population	186
Male Population	89
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
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 Silyar compares

By the 2011 count Silyar is the 85th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 578 residents. Its 36.39 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Silyar

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

Silyar lies about 16 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 52 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 Silyar
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatwari	35 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	37 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	52 km

Villages closest to Silyar

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 Silyar

As per the Census of India 2011, Silyar village had a population of 186. That makes it the 85th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 578 residents.

Silyar village has 89 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silyar has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Silyar is 249193. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silyar covers 36.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silyar falls under Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silyar is Dehradun, about 52 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 Silyar.

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

Silyar is in Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 16 km away. Bhatwari is about 35 km away. Mussoorie is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.