About Salan Village

Salan is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 51 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,255 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176107
Area (hectares)	66.07 hectares
Population	115
Male Population	51
Female Population	64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,255
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salan compares

By the 2011 count Salan is the 61st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 66.07 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Salan

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

Salan lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 14 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 Salan
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	2.6 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	34 km

Villages closest to Salan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salan village had a population of 115. That makes it the 61st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Salan village has 51 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salan has about 1255 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Salan is 176107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salan covers 66.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salan falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salan is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 14 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 Salan.

Salan 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.

Salan is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 2.6 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 14 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.