About Salorka Village

Salorka is a small village in Bhattiyat tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 212, made up of 102 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salorka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salorka village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhattiyat
Pincode	176301
Area (hectares)	252 hectares
Population	212
Male Population	102
Female Population	110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salorka compares

By the 2011 count Salorka is the 75th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 252 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Salorka

Salorka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salorka as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Salorka from other places

Salorka lies about 13 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 50 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 Salorka
Tehsil headquarters	Bhattiyat	13 km
District headquarters	Chamba	13 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	50 km

Villages closest to Salorka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salorka village had a population of 212. That makes it the 75th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Salorka village has 102 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salorka has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Salorka is 176301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salorka covers 252 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salorka falls under Bhattiyat tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salorka is Nurpur Road, about 50 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Salorka.

Salorka is about 13 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salorka is in Bhattiyat tehsil of Chamba district. Bhattiyat is about 13 km away. Chamba is about 13 km away. Nurpur Road is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.