About Samlah Village

Samlah is a mid sized village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,923, made up of 1,021 males and 902 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 576.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samlah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samlah village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Anandpur Sahib
Pincode	140116
Area (hectares)	576.8 hectares
Population	1,923
Male Population	1,021
Female Population	902
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
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 Samlah compares

By the 2011 count Samlah is the 17th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 945 residents. Its 576.8 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Samlah

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

Samlah lies about 31 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 6.2 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 Samlah
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Anandpur Sahib	6.8 km
Nearest town	Nangal	25 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	31 km

Villages closest to Samlah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Anandpur Sahib 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 Samlah

As per the Census of India 2011, Samlah village had a population of 1,923. That makes it the 17th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 945 residents.

Samlah village has 1,021 males and 902 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samlah has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Samlah is 140116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samlah covers 576.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samlah falls under Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Samlah is Kiratpur Sahib, about 6.2 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 Samlah.

Samlah is about 31 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samlah is in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 6.2 km away. Anandpur Sahib is about 6.8 km away. Nangal is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.