About Salga Village

Salga is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 323, made up of 183 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 765 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salga village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	139.77 hectares
Population	323
Male Population	183
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	765
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 Salga compares

By the 2011 count Salga is the 57th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 139.77 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 953.

Getting to Salga

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

Salga lies about 40 km from Dehradun. 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 Salga
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	7.3 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	30 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	40 km

Villages closest to Salga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salga village had a population of 323. That makes it the 57th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Salga village has 183 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salga has about 765 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Salga is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salga covers 139.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salga falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

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

Salga is about 40 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salga is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 7.3 km away. Mussoorie is about 30 km away. Dehradun is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.