About Samleta Village

Samleta is a small village in Harchakian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 79 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samleta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samleta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Harchakian
Pincode	176026
Area (hectares)	87.21 hectares
Population	161
Male Population	79
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samleta compares

By the 2011 count Samleta is the 37th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 87.21 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1124.

Getting to Samleta

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

Samleta lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Meghrajpura, about 8.1 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 Samleta
Nearest railway station	Meghrajpura	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harchakian	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	11 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	20 km

Villages closest to Samleta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Samleta village had a population of 161. That makes it the 37th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Samleta village has 79 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samleta has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1124.

The pincode recorded for Samleta is 176026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samleta covers 87.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Samleta falls under Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Samleta is Meghrajpura, about 8.1 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 Samleta.

Samleta is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samleta is in Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district. Meghrajpura is about 8.1 km away. Harchakian is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.