About Salyah Village

Salyah is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 379, made up of 174 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,178 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salyah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salyah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaswan
Pincode	177106
Area (hectares)	105.89 hectares
Population	379
Male Population	174
Female Population	205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,178
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salyah compares

By the 2011 count Salyah is the 35th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 105.89 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1092.

Getting to Salyah

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

Salyah lies about 14 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 9.0 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 Salyah
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaswan	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	14 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	28 km

Villages closest to Salyah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salyah village had a population of 379. That makes it the 35th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Salyah village has 174 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salyah has about 1178 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Salyah is 177106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salyah covers 105.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salyah falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salyah is Jawalamukhi Road, about 9.0 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 Salyah.

Salyah is about 14 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salyah is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 9.0 km away. Jaswan is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.