About Salon Village

Salon is a small village in Sandhol tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 119 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175050, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Sandhol
Pincode	175050
Area (hectares)	62.23 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	119
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salon compares

By the 2011 count Salon is the 23rd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 297 residents. Its 62.23 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1131.

Getting to Salon

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

Salon lies about 127 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, 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 Salon
Nearest town	Chamba	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sandhol	22 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	46 km
District headquarters	Mandi	127 km

Villages closest to Salon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salon village had a population of 248. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 297 residents.

Salon village has 119 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salon has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1131.

The pincode recorded for Salon is 175050. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salon covers 62.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salon falls under Sandhol tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salon is Nurpur Road, about 46 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 Salon.

Salon is about 127 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salon is in Sandhol tehsil of Mandi district. Chamba is about 8.3 km away. Sandhol is about 22 km away. Nurpur Road is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.