About Salan Village

Salan is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 165, made up of 90 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262527
Area (hectares)	67.58 hectares
Population	165
Male Population	90
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
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 Salan compares

By the 2011 count Salan is the 143rd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 67.58 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 1057.

Getting to Salan

Salan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Salan 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 Salan from other places

Salan lies about 34 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 59 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 Salan
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	27 km
District headquarters	Champawat	34 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	59 km

Villages closest to Salan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salan village had a population of 165. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Salan village has 90 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salan has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Salan is 262527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salan covers 67.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salan falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Salan is Kathgodam, about 59 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 Salan.

Salan is about 34 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salan is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Pithorāgarh is about 22 km away. Lohaghat is about 27 km away. Champawat is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.