About Syalkot Village

Syalkot is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 146, made up of 65 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,246 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Syalkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Syalkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246440
Area (hectares)	55.04 hectares
Population	146
Male Population	65
Female Population	81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,246
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 Syalkot compares

By the 2011 count Syalkot is the 142nd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 55.04 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Syalkot

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

Syalkot lies about 30 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 81 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 Syalkot
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	13 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	30 km
Nearest town	Pauri	43 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	81 km

Villages closest to Syalkot

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 Syalkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Syalkot village had a population of 146. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Syalkot village has 65 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Syalkot has about 1246 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Syalkot is 246440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Syalkot covers 55.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Syalkot falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Syalkot is Kotdwara, about 81 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 Syalkot.

Syalkot is about 30 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Syalkot is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 13 km away. Chamoli is about 30 km away. Pauri is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.