About Samlech Village

Samlech is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 370, made up of 178 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samlech Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samlech village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173221
Area (hectares)	96 hectares
Population	370
Male Population	178
Female Population	192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samlech compares

By the 2011 count Samlech is the 27th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 96 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Samlech

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

Samlech lies about 3.0 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about under 2 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 Samlech
Nearest railway station	Barog	under 2 km
District headquarters	Solan	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	32 km

Villages closest to Samlech

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Samlech village had a population of 370. That makes it the 27th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Samlech village has 178 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samlech has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Samlech is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samlech covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samlech falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Samlech is Barog, about under 2 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 Samlech.

Samlech is about 3.0 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samlech is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Barog is about under 2 km away. Solan is about 3.0 km away. Arki is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.