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About Saleriang Village

Saleriang is a small village in Phassang tehsil, in the district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 26, made up of 13 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1000 hectares hectares.

Saleriang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saleriang village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Kurung Kumey
Tehsil Phassang
Area (hectares) 1000 hectares
Population 26
Male Population 13
Female Population 13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Saleriang compares

By the 2011 count Saleriang is the 24th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 87 residents. Its 1000 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Getting to Saleriang

Saleriang is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Saleriang as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saleriang from other places

Saleriang lies about 10 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 82 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 Saleriang
Tehsil headquarters Phassang 9.5 km
District headquarters Kurung Kumey 10 km
Nearest railway station Naharlagun 82 km
Nearest town Itanagar 83 km

Villages closest to Saleriang

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

Common questions about Saleriang

As per the Census of India 2011, Saleriang village had a population of 26. That makes it the 24th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 87 residents.

Saleriang village has 13 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saleriang has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Saleriang covers 1000 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saleriang falls under Phassang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saleriang is Naharlagun, about 82 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available for Saleriang.

Saleriang is about 10 km from Kurung Kumey in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saleriang is in Phassang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Phassang is about 9.5 km away. Kurung Kumey is about 10 km away. Naharlagun is about 82 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jugriang (1.7 km), Raris (2.0 km) and Rayer Solung (4.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Saleriang today is likely to be higher.

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