Shillai is a town in the
Sirmaur District
Sirmaur is the southernmost district of Himachal Pradesh, northern India. It is largely mountainous and rural, with 90% of its population living in villages. Some of its towns include the capital Nahan,
Tuheri, Bhawan, Shamra, UchaTik ...
of
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...
in Northern India. Shillai is located on a south east-facing hill at an elevation of 1,900 metres. The hill is called ''shillai dhar'', and is 2,100 meters high.
Geography
Shillai is located on the ridge of a mountain at an altitude of 1900 m. The average temperature ranges from 20° to 30 °C in summer and -1° to 20° in winter. Shillai has a
temperate climate
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, in summer the maximum temperature ranges from 24 to 28 degrees
Celsius
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, whereas, in winter, it snows sometimes.
Shillai is divided into two regions: the Village Shillai (lower part) and the Shillai town (upper part). There is a greenbelt of a forest all around and inside the village, which is connected with the town by road as well as pedestrian roads.
Transport infrastructure
* Shillai is connected by National Highway No. 707 with
Paonta Sahib
Paonta Sahib is an industrial town of Himachal Pradesh in India. It is located in the south of Sirmaur district, on National Highway 72 ( New NH 7). Paonta Sahib is an important place of worship for Sikhs, hosting a large Gurdwara named Gurudwa ...
and Rohru and with Shimla via Solan, Rajgarh, Rohnat. The city is connected with Dehradun by menus bridge, Vikasnagar in Uttarakhand.
* Nearest Railway station is Dehradun.
* Nearest Airport is Dehradun and Chandigarh.
* A helipad is built at Shillai for Helicopter transportation near Naya Village 3 km from Shillai
References
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Villages in Sirmaur district