About Salangari Village

Salangari is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 130 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salangari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salangari village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177104
Area (hectares)	59.81 hectares
Population	242
Male Population	130
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salangari compares

By the 2011 count Salangari is the 47th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 59.81 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 1059.

Getting to Salangari

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

Salangari lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, 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 Salangari
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	6.8 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	22 km

Villages closest to Salangari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salangari village had a population of 242. That makes it the 47th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Salangari village has 130 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salangari has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Salangari is 177104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salangari covers 59.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salangari falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salangari is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about under 2 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 Salangari.

Salangari is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salangari is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about under 2 km away. Rakkar is about 6.8 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.