About Saman Village

Saman is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 54 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,537 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176093, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saman Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saman village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176093
Area (hectares)	96.67 hectares
Population	137
Male Population	54
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,537
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saman compares

By the 2011 count Saman is the 53rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 96.67 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Saman

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

Saman lies about 27 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Saman
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	2.0 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	27 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	36 km

Villages closest to Saman

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 Saman

As per the Census of India 2011, Saman village had a population of 137. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Saman village has 54 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saman has about 1537 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Saman is 176093. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saman covers 96.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Saman is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Saman.

Saman is about 27 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saman is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 2.0 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.