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About Silsango Village

Silsango is a small village in Mengio tehsil, in the district of Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 105, made up of 52 males and 53 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males.

Silsango Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silsango village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Papum Pare
Tehsil Mengio
Population 105
Male Population 52
Female Population 53
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silsango compares

By the 2011 count Silsango is the 28th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 141 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1083.

Getting to Silsango

Silsango is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Silsango as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Silsango from other places

Silsango lies about 67 km from Papum Pare, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 77 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 Silsango
Tehsil headquarters Mengio 30 km
District headquarters Papum Pare 67 km
Nearest railway station Naharlagun 77 km
Nearest town Itanagar 78 km

Villages closest to Silsango

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

Common questions about Silsango

As per the Census of India 2011, Silsango village had a population of 105. That makes it the 28th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 141 residents.

Silsango village has 52 males and 53 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silsango has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1083.

Silsango falls under Mengio tehsil of Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Silsango is Naharlagun, about 77 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silsango.

Silsango is about 67 km from Papum Pare in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silsango is in Mengio tehsil of Papum Pare district. Mengio is about 30 km away. Papum Pare is about 67 km away. Naharlagun is about 77 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pacho (11 km), Heyang (13 km) and Lekang (13 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Silsango today is likely to be higher.

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