About Pilang Village

Pilang is a small village in Bhatwari tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 187 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pilang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pilang village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Bhatwari
Pincode	249135
Area (hectares)	286.68 hectares
Population	349
Male Population	187
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
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 Pilang compares

By the 2011 count Pilang is the 63rd largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 578 residents. Its 286.68 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Pilang

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

Pilang lies about 22 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 79 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 Pilang
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatwari	5.7 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	22 km
Nearest town	Tehri	46 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	79 km

Villages closest to Pilang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pilang village had a population of 349. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 578 residents.

Pilang village has 187 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pilang has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Pilang is 249135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pilang covers 286.68 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.

Pilang falls under Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pilang is Harrawala, about 79 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 Pilang.

Pilang is about 22 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pilang is in Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Bhatwari is about 5.7 km away. Uttarkashi is about 22 km away. Tehri is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.