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- LGD code
- 47584
- Pincode
- 246276
- Post office
- Bironkhal (A)
- Population
- 208
- Households
- 50
- Literacy rate
- 71.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1476 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 68
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 102 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 208 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 36 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Rikhnikhal · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Silwari compares
By population, Silwari ranks #57 of 190 villages in Rikhanikhal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.6%
+4.3% vs mandal average
- Silwari
- 71.6%
- Rikhanikhal mandal
- 67.3%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,476
+283 vs mandal average
- Silwari
- 1,476
- Rikhanikhal mandal
- 1,193
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Silwari
- 4.2
- Rikhanikhal mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Silwari at a glance
Silwari is a village of 208 people in 50 households (Census 2011) in Rikhanikhal tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 57th-largest of 190 villages in Rikhanikhal tehsil. Literacy is 72%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,476 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 32 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 36 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246276, served by Bironkhal (A) post office; the LGD village code is 47584. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Rikhnikhal, 3 km away. The village votes in Lansdowne assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 245 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Silwari
- LGD code
- 47584
- Pincode
- 246276
- Post office
- Bironkhal (A)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 208
- Population (projected 2026)
- 245
- Households
- 50
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1476
- Literacy rate
- 71.6%
- Coordinates
- 29.77730°N, 78.88958°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lansdowne
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Daleep Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Rikhanikhal
Getting there
How to reach Silwari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun102 kmcapital
- Delhi208 km
- Kolkata1238 km
- Mumbai1336 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara36 km
- Bus stopRatkot18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Rikhnikhal3 km
- ATM / bankCanera Bank Rathkhaal Manila30 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry33 km
- Police stationKotwali Ramnagar49 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Silwari
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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