About Salu Village

Salu is a small village in Bhatwari tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 263, made up of 128 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249194, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Bhatwari
Pincode	249194
Area (hectares)	179.72 hectares
Population	263
Male Population	128
Female Population	135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
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 Salu compares

By the 2011 count Salu is the 79th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 578 residents. Its 179.72 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Salu

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

Salu lies about 15 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 72 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 Salu
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatwari	7.0 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	15 km
Nearest town	Tehri	41 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	72 km

Villages closest to Salu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salu village had a population of 263. That makes it the 79th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 578 residents.

Salu village has 128 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salu has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Salu is 249194. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salu covers 179.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salu falls under Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Salu is Harrawala, about 72 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 Salu.

Salu is about 15 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salu is in Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Bhatwari is about 7.0 km away. Uttarkashi is about 15 km away. Tehri is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.