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About Siota Village

Siota is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 240 males and 251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siota village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177101
Area (hectares) 116.8 hectares
Population 491
Male Population 240
Female Population 251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,046
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Siota compares

By the 2011 count Siota is the 85th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 116.8 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Siota

Siota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Siota as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Shantla, Shib Nath, Shivpuri and Sihara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Siota

As per the Census of India 2011, Siota village had a population of 491. That makes it the 85th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Siota village has 240 males and 251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siota has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Siota is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siota covers 116.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siota falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Siota notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Siota.

Siota is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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