About Saloh Village

Saloh is a mid sized village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,498, made up of 703 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,131 females per 1000 males. The village covers 749.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saloh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saloh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Una
Tehsil	Amb
Pincode	177203
Area (hectares)	749.53 hectares
Population	1,498
Male Population	703
Female Population	795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,131
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saloh compares

By the 2011 count Saloh is the 30th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 749.53 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Saloh

Saloh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saloh as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Saloh from other places

Saloh lies about 42 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 Saloh
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amb	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	42 km
District headquarters	Una	42 km

Villages closest to Saloh

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 Saloh

As per the Census of India 2011, Saloh village had a population of 1,498. That makes it the 30th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Saloh village has 703 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saloh has about 1131 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

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

Saloh covers 749.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Saloh is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Saloh.

Saloh is about 42 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saloh is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 21 km away. Amb is about 26 km away. Dharamsala is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.