About Saloni Village

Saloni is a small village in Barsar tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 143 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saloni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saloni village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Barsar
Pincode	174311
Area (hectares)	52.96 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	143
Female Population	155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Saloni compares

By the 2011 count Saloni is the 56th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 52.96 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1122.

Getting to Saloni

Saloni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saloni 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saloni from other places

Saloni lies about 34 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 36 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 Saloni
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barsar	31 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	34 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	36 km

Villages closest to Saloni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saloni village had a population of 298. That makes it the 56th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Saloni village has 143 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saloni has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1122.

The pincode recorded for Saloni is 174311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saloni covers 52.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saloni falls under Barsar tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saloni is Olinda, about 36 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Saloni.

Saloni is about 34 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saloni is in Barsar tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 13 km away. Barsar is about 31 km away. Hamirpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.