About Sailan Village

Sailan is a large village in Surankote tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,224, made up of 1,187 males and 1,037 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 397 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sailan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sailan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Surankote
Pincode	185102
Area (hectares)	397 hectares
Population	2,224
Male Population	1,187
Female Population	1,037
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
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 Sailan compares

By the 2011 count Sailan is the 23rd largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,576 residents. Its 397 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Sailan

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

Sailan 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 Sailan
Nearest town	Rajaori	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Surankote	32 km
District headquarters	Punch	32 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	56 km

Villages closest to Sailan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sailan village had a population of 2,224. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,576 residents.

Sailan village has 1,187 males and 1,037 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sailan has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Sailan is 185102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sailan covers 397 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sailan falls under Surankote tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sailan 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sailan.

Sailan 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.

Sailan is in Surankote tehsil of Punch district. Rajaori is about 28 km away. Surankote is about 32 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.