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- LGD code
- 49496
- Pincode
- 262551
- Post office
- Didihat
- Population
- 385
- Households
- 101
- Literacy rate
- 72.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1151 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 172
- Distance to district centre
- 11 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 167 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 285 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 78 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Surya Diagnostic Centre · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sailoni compares
By population, Sailoni ranks #25 of 195 villages in Didihat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.5%
+0.6% vs mandal average
- Sailoni
- 72.5%
- Didihat mandal
- 71.9%
- Pithoragarh district
- 71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,151
+152 vs mandal average
- Sailoni
- 1,151
- Didihat mandal
- 999
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Sailoni
- 3.8
- Didihat mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sailoni at a glance
Sailoni is a village of 385 people in 101 households (Census 2011) in Didihat tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 25th-largest of 195 villages in Didihat tehsil. Literacy is 73%, about the same as the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,151 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Pithoragarh district centre, 34 km from Sirauli, the nearest town, 78 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262551, served by Didihat post office; the LGD village code is 49496. The nearest hospital or health centre is Surya Diagnostic Centre, 11 km away. The village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 454 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Sailoni
- LGD code
- 49496
- Pincode
- 262551
- Post office
- Didihat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 385
- Population (projected 2026)
- 454
- Households
- 101
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1151
- Literacy rate
- 72.5%
- Coordinates
- 29.95620°N, 79.71288°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bageshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandan Ram Dass
- Block / Mandal
- Didihat
Getting there
How to reach Sailoni
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun167 kmcapital
- Delhi285 km
- Kolkata1190 km
- Mumbai1393 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam78 km
- Bus stopbageshwar bus station16 km
- Hospital / PHCSurya Diagnostic Centre11 km
- ATM / bankUttarakhand Gramin Bank12 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum36 km
- CollegeGovt Post Graduate College14 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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