About Silangi Village

Silangi is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 411, made up of 212 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246488, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silangi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246488
Area (hectares)	51.19 hectares
Population	411
Male Population	212
Female Population	199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silangi compares

By the 2011 count Silangi is the 47th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 51.19 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Silangi

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

Silangi lies about 73 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 44 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 Silangi
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	34 km
Nearest town	Almora	37 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	44 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	73 km

Villages closest to 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 Silangi

As per the Census of India 2011, Silangi village had a population of 411. That makes it the 47th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Silangi village has 212 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silangi has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Silangi is 246488. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silangi covers 51.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silangi falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Silangi is Ramnagar, about 44 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 Silangi.

Silangi is about 73 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silangi is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 34 km away. Almora is about 37 km away. Ramnagar is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.