About Salana Village

Salana is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 157, made up of 67 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,343 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246277, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246277
Area (hectares)	50.21 hectares
Population	157
Male Population	67
Female Population	90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,343
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 Salana compares

By the 2011 count Salana is the 91st largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 50.21 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Salana

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

Salana lies about 35 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Salana
Tehsil headquarters	Dhoomakot	35 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	35 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	43 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	43 km

Villages closest to Salana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salana village had a population of 157. That makes it the 91st largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Salana village has 67 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salana has about 1343 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Salana is 246277. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salana covers 50.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salana falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Salana is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Salana.

Salana is about 35 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salana is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 35 km away. Garhwal is about 35 km away. Kotdwara is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.