About Shalakwar Village

Shalakwar is a small village in Dhari tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 205, made up of 115 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 783 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263157, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shalakwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shalakwar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Dhari
Pincode	263157
Area (hectares)	63.03 hectares
Population	205
Male Population	115
Female Population	90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	783
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 Shalakwar compares

By the 2011 count Shalakwar is the 114th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 511 residents. Its 63.03 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Shalakwar

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

Shalakwar lies about 82 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Shalakwar
Tehsil headquarters	Dhari	19 km
Nearest town	Pauri	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	36 km
District headquarters	Nainital	82 km

Villages closest to Shalakwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shalakwar village had a population of 205. That makes it the 114th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 511 residents.

Shalakwar village has 115 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shalakwar has about 783 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Shalakwar is 263157. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shalakwar covers 63.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shalakwar falls under Dhari tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Shalakwar is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Shalakwar.

Shalakwar is about 82 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shalakwar is in Dhari tehsil of Nainital district. Dhari is about 19 km away. Pauri is about 27 km away. Kotdwara is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.