About Salowa Village

Salowa is a small village in Baroh tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 41 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176084, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salowa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salowa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baroh
Pincode	176084
Area (hectares)	88.24 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	41
Female Population	42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salowa compares

By the 2011 count Salowa is the 115th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 159 residents. Its 88.24 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1091.

Getting to Salowa

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

Salowa 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 Salowa
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 Salowa

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 Salowa

As per the Census of India 2011, Salowa village had a population of 83. That makes it the 115th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 159 residents.

Salowa village has 41 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salowa has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Salowa is 176084. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salowa covers 88.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Salowa 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 Salowa.

Salowa 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.

Salowa 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.