About Salana Village

Salana is a small village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 362, made up of 183 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141121
Area (hectares)	97 hectares
Population	362
Male Population	183
Female Population	179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salana compares

By the 2011 count Salana is the 146th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 97 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Salana

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

Salana lies about 39 km from Ludhiana. 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 Salana
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	15 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	39 km

Villages closest to Salana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salana village had a population of 362. That makes it the 146th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Salana village has 183 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salana has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Salana is 141121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salana covers 97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salana falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The census record for Salana notes the nearest railway station 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 Salana.

Salana is about 39 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salana is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Māchhīwāra is about 7.4 km away. Samrala is about 15 km away. Ludhiana is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.