About Salna Chak Urgam Village

Salna Chak Urgam is a small village in Joshimath tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 128, made up of 69 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246443, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salna Chak Urgam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salna Chak Urgam village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Joshimath
Pincode	246443
Area (hectares)	56.58 hectares
Population	128
Male Population	69
Female Population	59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salna Chak Urgam compares

By the 2011 count Salna Chak Urgam is the 60th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 319 residents. Its 56.58 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 903.

Getting to Salna Chak Urgam

Salna Chak Urgam is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Salna Chak Urgam as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Salna Chak Urgam from other places

Salna Chak Urgam lies about 19 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 122 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 Salna Chak Urgam
Tehsil headquarters	Joshimath	10 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	19 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	74 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	122 km

Villages closest to Salna Chak Urgam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Joshimath 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 Salna Chak Urgam

As per the Census of India 2011, Salna Chak Urgam village had a population of 128. That makes it the 60th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 319 residents.

Salna Chak Urgam village has 69 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salna Chak Urgam has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Salna Chak Urgam is 246443. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salna Chak Urgam covers 56.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salna Chak Urgam falls under Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Salna Chak Urgam is Rishikesh, about 122 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Salna Chak Urgam.

Salna Chak Urgam is about 19 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salna Chak Urgam is in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district. Joshimath is about 10 km away. Chamoli is about 19 km away. Srīnagar is about 74 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.