About Salgaraon Village

Salgaraon is a small village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 146 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgaraon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgaraon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Udaipur
Pincode	175142
Area (hectares)	246.06 hectares
Population	271
Male Population	146
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salgaraon compares

By the 2011 count Salgaraon is the 9th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 135 residents. Its 246.06 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1008.

Getting to Salgaraon

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

Salgaraon lies about 52 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 73 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 Salgaraon
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipur	12 km
Nearest town	Chamba	45 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	52 km
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	73 km

Villages closest to Salgaraon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgaraon village had a population of 271. That makes it the 9th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 135 residents.

Salgaraon village has 146 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgaraon has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Salgaraon is 175142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgaraon covers 246.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salgaraon falls under Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salgaraon is Chamunda Marg, about 73 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 10+ km distance for Salgaraon.

Salgaraon is about 52 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salgaraon is in Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Udaipur is about 12 km away. Chamba is about 45 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.