About Talwandi Salhan Village

Talwandi Salhan is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,899, made up of 924 males and 975 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talwandi Salhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talwandi Salhan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144203
Area (hectares)	321 hectares
Population	1,899
Male Population	924
Female Population	975
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Talwandi Salhan compares

By the 2011 count Talwandi Salhan is the 28th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 321 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Talwandi Salhan

Talwandi Salhan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Talwandi Salhan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Talwandi Salhan from other places

Talwandi Salhan lies about 32 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, about 4.2 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 Talwandi Salhan
Nearest railway station	Tanda Urmar	4.2 km
Nearest town	Urmar	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	19 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	32 km

Villages closest to Talwandi Salhan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasua 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 Talwandi Salhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Talwandi Salhan village had a population of 1,899. That makes it the 28th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Talwandi Salhan village has 924 males and 975 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talwandi Salhan has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Talwandi Salhan is 144203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Talwandi Salhan covers 321 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Talwandi Salhan falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Talwandi Salhan is Tanda Urmar, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Talwandi Salhan.

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

Talwandi Salhan is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Tanda Urmar is about 4.2 km away. Urmar is about 4.8 km away. Dasua is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.