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About Silangar Village

Silangar is a small village in Kanda tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 86 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,105 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263640, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silangar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kanda
Pincode 263640
Area (hectares) 90.82 hectares
Population 181
Male Population 86
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,105
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silangar compares

By the 2011 count Silangar is the 56th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 168 residents. Its 90.82 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1205.

Getting to Silangar

Silangar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silangar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Silangar from other places

Silangar lies about 74 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 35 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 Silangar
Tehsil headquarters Kanda 12 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 35 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 35 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 74 km

Villages closest to Silangar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silangar village had a population of 181. That makes it the 56th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 168 residents.

Silangar village has 86 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silangar has about 1105 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1205.

The pincode recorded for Silangar is 263640. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silangar covers 90.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silangar falls under Kanda tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silangar is Ramnagar, about 35 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silangar.

Silangar is about 74 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silangar is in Kanda tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kanda is about 12 km away. Rāmnagar is about 35 km away. Ramnagar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Silangiya (under 2 km), Silati (under 2 km) and Dhapolasera (3.6 km).

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

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