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About Saglot Village

Saglot is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 134 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 799 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saglot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saglot village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176202
Area (hectares) 79.47 hectares
Population 241
Male Population 134
Female Population 107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 799
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saglot compares

By the 2011 count Saglot is the 206th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 79.47 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Saglot

Saglot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saglot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Saglot from other places

Saglot lies about 45 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 4.9 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 Saglot
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 3.0 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 4.9 km
Nearest town Mamun 16 km
District headquarters Kangra 45 km

Villages closest to Saglot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saglot village had a population of 241. That makes it the 206th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Saglot village has 134 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saglot has about 799 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Saglot is 176202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saglot covers 79.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saglot falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saglot is Nurpur Road, about 4.9 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 <5 km distance for Saglot.

Saglot is about 45 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saglot is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 3.0 km away. Nurpur Road is about 4.9 km away. Mamun is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kopra Khas (under 2 km), Har Ther (under 2 km) and Mather (under 2 km).

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

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