About Sailani Village

Sailani is a mid sized village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,213, made up of 573 males and 640 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. The village covers 354 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sailani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sailani village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185111
Area (hectares)	354 hectares
Population	1,213
Male Population	573
Female Population	640
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,117
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sailani compares

By the 2011 count Sailani is the 33rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 354 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Sailani

Sailani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sailani 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sailani from other places

Sailani lies about 32 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 56 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 Sailani
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	23 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	28 km
District headquarters	Punch	32 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	56 km

Villages closest to Sailani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sailani village had a population of 1,213. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Sailani village has 573 males and 640 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sailani has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Sailani is 185111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sailani covers 354 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sailani falls under Mendhar tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sailani is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 56 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sailani.

Sailani is about 32 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sailani is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 23 km away. Rajaori is about 28 km away. Punch is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.