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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Hira Shah
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- LGD code
- 43505
- Pincode
- 249165
- Post office
- Lambgaon
- Population
- 837
- Households
- 161
- Literacy rate
- 72.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1032 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 441
Census 2011 · in context
How Silwal Gaon compares
By population, Silwal Gaon ranks #17 of 112 villages in Pratapnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.5%
+8.2% vs mandal average
Silwal Gaon72.5%
Pratapnagar mandal64.3%
Tehri Garhwal district65.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,032
−56 vs mandal average
Silwal Gaon1,032
Pratapnagar mandal1,088
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
Silwal Gaon5.2
Pratapnagar mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Silwal Gaon at a glance
Silwal Gaon is a village of 837 people in 161 households (Census 2011) in Pratapnagar tehsil, Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 17th-largest of 112 villages in Pratapnagar tehsil. Literacy is 73%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,032 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 249165, served by Lambgaon post office; the LGD village code is 43505. The sarpanch is Hira Shah, and the village votes in Ghanshali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shakti Lal Shah. The population is estimated at 987 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Silwal Gaon
- LGD code
- 43505
- Pincode
- 249165
- Post office
- Lambgaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 837
- Population (projected 2026)
- 987
- Households
- 161
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1032
- Literacy rate
- 72.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ghanshali
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shakti Lal Shah
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Hira Shah
- Block / Mandal
- Pratapnagar
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- Godri May Kyarki
- Raika
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- Kuran
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)