About D P F Salana Village

D P F Salana is a small village in Nihri tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 11 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Salana Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Salana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Nihri
Pincode	174403
Area (hectares)	121 hectares
Population	20
Male Population	11
Female Population	9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How D P F Salana compares

By the 2011 count D P F Salana is the 161st largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 176 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 979.

Getting to D P F Salana

D P F Salana is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for D P F Salana as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is D P F Salana from other places

D P F Salana lies about 14 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 46 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 D P F Salana
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	5.7 km
District headquarters	Mandi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nihri	18 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	46 km

Villages closest to D P F Salana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nihri 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 D P F Salana

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Salana village had a population of 20. That makes it the 161st largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 176 residents.

D P F Salana village has 11 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Salana has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for D P F Salana is 174403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

D P F Salana covers 121 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

D P F Salana falls under Nihri tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to D P F Salana is Buffer Stop, about 46 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for D P F Salana.

D P F Salana is about 14 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

D P F Salana is in Nihri tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 5.7 km away. Mandi is about 14 km away. Nihri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.