About Syalab Village

Syalab is a mid sized village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 600, made up of 310 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Syalab Overview

Census 2011 figures for Syalab village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249141
Area (hectares)	137.12 hectares
Population	600
Male Population	310
Female Population	290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
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 Syalab compares

By the 2011 count Syalab is the 24th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 137.12 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Syalab

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

Syalab lies about 22 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 64 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 Syalab
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	1.7 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	22 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	48 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	64 km

Villages closest to Syalab

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Syalab village had a population of 600. That makes it the 24th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Syalab village has 310 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Syalab has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Syalab is 249141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Syalab covers 137.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Syalab falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Syalab is Dehradun, about 64 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 Syalab.

Syalab 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.

Syalab is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Rajgarhi is about 1.7 km away. Uttarkashi is about 22 km away. Mussoorie is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.