About Siyalag Village

Siyalag is a mid sized village in Bashohli tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,204, made up of 616 males and 588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 820 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siyalag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siyalag village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bashohli
Pincode	184208
Area (hectares)	820 hectares
Population	1,204
Male Population	616
Female Population	588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
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 Siyalag compares

By the 2011 count Siyalag is the 27th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents. Its 820 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Siyalag

Siyalag is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Siyalag 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 Siyalag from other places

Siyalag lies about 13 km from Bashohli, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 32 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 Siyalag
Tehsil headquarters	Bashohli	13 km
Nearest railway station	Kathua	32 km
Nearest town	Chamba	33 km

Villages closest to Siyalag

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

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Common questions about Siyalag

As per the Census of India 2011, Siyalag village had a population of 1,204. That makes it the 27th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents.

Siyalag village has 616 males and 588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siyalag has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Siyalag is 184208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siyalag covers 820 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Siyalag falls under Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Siyalag is Kathua, about 32 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 Siyalag.

Siyalag is about 13 km from Bashohli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siyalag is in Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district. Bashohli is about 13 km away. Kathua is about 32 km away. Chamba is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.