About Salana Village

Salana is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 16 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173234
Area (hectares)	13.31 hectares
Population	30
Male Population	16
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salana compares

By the 2011 count Salana is the 225th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 13.31 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Salana

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

Salana lies about 15 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Shoghi railway station, about 2.6 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 Salana
Nearest railway station	Shoghi railway station	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	8.8 km
Nearest town	Shimla	9.1 km
District headquarters	Solan	15 km

Villages closest to Salana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salana village had a population of 30. That makes it the 225th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Salana village has 16 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salana has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Salana is 173234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salana covers 13.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salana falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salana is Shoghi railway station, about 2.6 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 Salana.

Salana is about 15 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salana is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Shoghi railway station is about 2.6 km away. Kandaghat is about 8.8 km away. Shimla is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.