About Salah Village

Salah is a small village in Baroh tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 183 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176054, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baroh
Pincode	176054
Area (hectares)	106.02 hectares
Population	358
Male Population	183
Female Population	175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salah compares

By the 2011 count Salah is the 9th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 159 residents. Its 106.02 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Salah

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

Salah lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Salah
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baroh	19 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km

Villages closest to Salah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salah village had a population of 358. That makes it the 9th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 159 residents.

Salah village has 183 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salah has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Salah is 176054. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salah covers 106.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salah falls under Baroh tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salah is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Salah.

Salah is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salah is in Baroh tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 18 km away. Baroh is about 19 km away. Dharamsala is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.