About Silanga Silangi Village

Silanga Silangi is a mid sized village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 578, made up of 227 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,546 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silanga Silangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silanga Silangi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246431
Area (hectares)	489.27 hectares
Population	578
Male Population	227
Female Population	351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,546
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silanga Silangi compares

By the 2011 count Silanga Silangi is the 24th 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 489.27 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Silanga Silangi

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

Silanga Silangi lies about 47 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 68 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 Silanga Silangi
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	9.0 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	47 km
Nearest town	Almora	54 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	68 km

Villages closest to Silanga Silangi

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 Silanga Silangi

As per the Census of India 2011, Silanga Silangi village had a population of 578. That makes it the 24th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Silanga Silangi village has 227 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silanga Silangi has about 1546 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Silanga Silangi is 246431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silanga Silangi covers 489.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silanga Silangi falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silanga Silangi is Ramnagar, about 68 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 Silanga Silangi.

Silanga Silangi is about 47 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silanga Silangi is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 9.0 km away. Chamoli is about 47 km away. Almora is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.