About Saloa Village

Saloa is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 61, made up of 33 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177048, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saloa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saloa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177048
Area (hectares)	18.47 hectares
Population	61
Male Population	33
Female Population	28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saloa compares

By the 2011 count Saloa is the 279th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 18.47 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Saloa

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

Saloa lies about 26 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 Saloa
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	21 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	42 km

Villages closest to Saloa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saloa village had a population of 61. That makes it the 279th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Saloa village has 33 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saloa has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Saloa is 177048. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saloa covers 18.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saloa falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saloa is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 Saloa.

Saloa is about 26 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saloa is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Nadaun is about 6.9 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 21 km away. Hamirpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.