About Salani Village

Salani is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 247 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salani village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173030
Area (hectares)	259.24 hectares
Population	484
Male Population	247
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salani compares

By the 2011 count Salani is the 33rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 259.24 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Salani

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

Salani lies about 26 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Ghagghar, about 39 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 Salani
Tehsil headquarters	Nahan	5.9 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	5.9 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	26 km
Nearest railway station	Ghagghar	39 km

Villages closest to Salani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salani village had a population of 484. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Salani village has 247 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salani has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Salani is 173030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salani covers 259.24 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.

Salani falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salani is Ghagghar, about 39 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 Salani.

Salani is about 26 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salani is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 5.9 km away. Nāhan is about 5.9 km away. Sirmaur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.