About Sal Village

Sal is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 83 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,241 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171019, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171019
Area (hectares)	95.83 hectares
Population	186
Male Population	83
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,241
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sal compares

By the 2011 count Sal is the 68th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 95.83 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1036.

Getting to Sal

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

Sal lies about 20 km from Shimla. 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 Sal
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	15 km
District headquarters	Shimla	20 km

Villages closest to Sal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sal village had a population of 186. That makes it the 68th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Sal village has 83 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sal has about 1241 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Sal is 171019. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sal covers 95.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sal falls under Seoni tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Sal notes the nearest railway station 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 Sal.

Sal is about 20 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sal is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 15 km away. Shimla is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.