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About Saling Village

Saling is a small village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 310, made up of 150 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 236362, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saling Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saling village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 236362
Area (hectares) 122.75 hectares
Population 310
Male Population 150
Female Population 160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saling compares

By the 2011 count Saling is the 70th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 122.75 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Saling

Saling is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Saling as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Saling from other places

Saling lies about 30 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 95 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 Saling
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 12 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 30 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 53 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 95 km

Villages closest to Saling

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saling village had a population of 310. That makes it the 70th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Saling village has 150 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saling has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Saling is 236362. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saling covers 122.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saling falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Saling is Kathgodam, about 95 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Saling.

Saling is about 30 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saling is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 12 km away. Bageshwar is about 30 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saling Udiyar (under 2 km), Gasi (under 2 km) and Suding (2.0 km).

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

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