About Saliyana Village

Saliyana is a mid sized village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 691, made up of 337 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saliyana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saliyana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246428
Area (hectares)	168.31 hectares
Population	691
Male Population	337
Female Population	354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saliyana compares

By the 2011 count Saliyana is the 15th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 168.31 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Saliyana

Saliyana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saliyana 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 Saliyana from other places

Saliyana lies about 24 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 88 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 Saliyana
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	15 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	24 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	48 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	88 km

Villages closest to Saliyana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saliyana village had a population of 691. That makes it the 15th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Saliyana village has 337 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saliyana has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Saliyana is 246428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saliyana covers 168.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saliyana falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Saliyana is Kotdwara, about 88 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 Saliyana.

Saliyana is about 24 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saliyana is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 15 km away. Chamoli is about 24 km away. Srīnagar is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.