About Salana Village

Salana is a small village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 101 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177203, 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	Una
Tehsil	Amb
Pincode	177203
Area (hectares)	74.6 hectares
Population	187
Male Population	101
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salana compares

By the 2011 count Salana is the 168th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 74.6 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 997.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 52 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 2.5 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	Kartoli Punjab	2.5 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amb	24 km
District headquarters	Una	52 km

Villages closest to Salana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amb 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 187. That makes it the 168th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Salana village has 101 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salana has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Salana is 177203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salana covers 74.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salana falls under Amb tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salana is Kartoli Punjab, about 2.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salana.

Salana is about 52 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salana is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Kartoli Punjab is about 2.5 km away. Talwāra is about 12 km away. Amb is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.