About Salar Village

Salar is one of the larger villages in Pahalgam tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,151, made up of 4,754 males and 4,397 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 998.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Tehsil	Pahalgam
Pincode	192401
Area (hectares)	998.8 hectares
Population	9,151
Male Population	4,754
Female Population	4,397
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salar compares

By the 2011 count Salar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents. Its 998.8 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Salar

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

Salar lies about 19 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Bijbiara, about 19 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 Salar
Nearest town	Bijbehara	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pahalgam	17 km
District headquarters	Anantnag	19 km
Nearest railway station	Bijbiara	19 km

Villages closest to Salar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salar village had a population of 9,151. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents.

Salar village has 4,754 males and 4,397 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salar has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Salar is 192401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salar covers 998.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salar falls under Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Salar is Bijbiara, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salar.

Salar is about 19 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salar is in Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district. Bijbehara is about 16 km away. Pahalgam is about 17 km away. Anantnag is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.