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About Samloti Village

Samloti is a mid sized village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 702, made up of 343 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samloti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samloti village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 43.23 hectares
Population 702
Male Population 343
Female Population 359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Samloti compares

By the 2011 count Samloti is the 31st largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 43.23 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Samloti

Samloti is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Samloti 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Samloti from other places

Samloti lies about 8.4 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about under 2 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 Samloti
Nearest railway station Samloti under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 3.4 km
District headquarters Kangra 8.4 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 15 km

Villages closest to Samloti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagrota Bagwan 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.

Common questions about Samloti

As per the Census of India 2011, Samloti village had a population of 702. That makes it the 31st largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Samloti village has 343 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samloti has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Samloti is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samloti covers 43.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Samloti falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Samloti is Samloti, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Samloti.

Samloti is about 8.4 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samloti is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about under 2 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 3.4 km away. Kangra is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masandkar (under 2 km), Kachhrehr (under 2 km) and Behra Banjar (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Samloti today is likely to be higher.

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