About Siltona Village

Siltona is a mid sized village in Kosya Kutauli tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 546, made up of 261 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siltona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siltona village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Kosya Kutauli
Pincode	263135
Area (hectares)	146.01 hectares
Population	546
Male Population	261
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,092
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Siltona compares

By the 2011 count Siltona is the 15th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 146.01 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1055.

Getting to Siltona

Siltona is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Siltona as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Siltona from other places

Siltona lies about 39 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 46 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 Siltona
Nearest town	Almora	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kosya Kutauli	32 km
District headquarters	Nainital	39 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	46 km

Villages closest to Siltona

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kosya Kutauli 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 Siltona

As per the Census of India 2011, Siltona village had a population of 546. That makes it the 15th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Siltona village has 261 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siltona has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1055.

The pincode recorded for Siltona is 263135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siltona covers 146.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siltona falls under Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Siltona is Kathgodam, about 46 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 village for Siltona.

Siltona is about 39 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siltona is in Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district. Almora is about 9.5 km away. Kosya Kutauli is about 32 km away. Nainital is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.