About Salor Village

Salor is a mid sized village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,924, made up of 1,023 males and 901 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 451 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salor village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184205
Area (hectares)	451 hectares
Population	1,924
Male Population	1,023
Female Population	901
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salor compares

By the 2011 count Salor is the 37th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 451 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Salor

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

Salor lies about 32 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 Salor
Nearest railway station	Chak Dayala	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	20 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	27 km
District headquarters	Kathua	32 km

Villages closest to Salor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salor village had a population of 1,924. That makes it the 37th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Salor village has 1,023 males and 901 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salor has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Salor is 184205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salor covers 451 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salor falls under Billawar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Salor is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 Salor.

Salor is about 32 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salor is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Chak Dayala is about 20 km away. Billawar is about 20 km away. Sāmba is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.