About Salwana Village

Salwana is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 45, made up of 23 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salwana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salwana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Ramshahr
Pincode	173218
Area (hectares)	23.7 hectares
Population	45
Male Population	23
Female Population	22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salwana compares

By the 2011 count Salwana is the 186th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 23.7 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Salwana

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

Salwana 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 Salwana
Nearest railway station	Shoghi railway station	2.6 km
Nearest town	Shimla	9.1 km
District headquarters	Solan	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramshahr	29 km

Villages closest to Salwana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salwana village had a population of 45. That makes it the 186th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Salwana village has 23 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salwana has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Salwana is 173218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salwana covers 23.7 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.

Salwana falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salwana 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 Salwana.

Salwana 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.

Salwana is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Shoghi railway station is about 2.6 km away. Shimla is about 9.1 km away. Solan is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.