About Saletar Village

Saletar is a mid sized village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 573, made up of 292 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saletar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saletar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176031
Area (hectares)	65.36 hectares
Population	573
Male Population	292
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saletar compares

By the 2011 count Saletar is the 13th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 65.36 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Saletar

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

Saletar lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 20 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 Saletar
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	1.6 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	20 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	40 km

Villages closest to Saletar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saletar village had a population of 573. That makes it the 13th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Saletar village has 292 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saletar has about 962 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 1107.

The pincode recorded for Saletar is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saletar covers 65.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Saletar falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saletar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 20 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 Saletar.

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

Saletar is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 1.6 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 20 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.