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About Sal Village

Sal is a mid sized village in Ambegaon tehsil, in the district of Pune, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 762, made up of 354 males and 408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,153 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463 hectares hectares.

Sal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sal village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Pune
Tehsil Ambegaon
Area (hectares) 463 hectares
Population 762
Male Population 354
Female Population 408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,153
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sal compares

By the 2011 count Sal is the 89th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,518 residents. Its 463 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 995.

Getting to Sal

Sal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sal from other places

Sal lies about 60 km from Pune, and the nearest railway station is Palasdhari Station, about 16 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 Sal
Nearest railway station Palasdhari Station 16 km
Nearest town Karjat 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Ambegaon 33 km
District headquarters Pune 60 km

Villages closest to Sal

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

Common questions about Sal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sal village had a population of 762. That makes it the 89th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,518 residents.

Sal village has 354 males and 408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sal has about 1153 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Sal covers 463 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sal falls under Ambegaon tehsil of Pune district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sal is Palasdhari Station, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sal.

Sal is about 60 km from Pune in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sal is in Ambegaon tehsil of Pune district. Palasdhari Station is about 16 km away. Karjat is about 16 km away. Ambegaon is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pimpari (6.3 km), Jadhavwadi (6.9 km) and Lakhangaon (7.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sal today is likely to be higher.

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