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About Salaring Village

Salaring is a small village in Nichar tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 16 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salaring Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaring village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kinnaur
Tehsil Nichar
Pincode 172115
Area (hectares) 226.4 hectares
Population 28
Male Population 16
Female Population 12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 750
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salaring compares

By the 2011 count Salaring is the 73rd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 326 residents. Its 226.4 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Salaring

Salaring is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salaring as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Salaring from other places

Salaring lies about 33 km from Kinnaur. 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 Salaring
Tehsil headquarters Nichar 33 km
District headquarters Kinnaur 33 km
Nearest town Shimla 91 km

Villages closest to Salaring

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salaring village had a population of 28. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 326 residents.

Salaring village has 16 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaring has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Salaring is 172115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salaring covers 226.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salaring falls under Nichar tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Salaring notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salaring.

Salaring is about 33 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salaring is in Nichar tehsil of Kinnaur district. Nichar is about 33 km away. Kinnaur is about 33 km away. Shimla is about 91 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kachrang (2.4 km), Kandar (7.8 km) and Homte (8.7 km).

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

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