About Salra Village

Salra is a mid sized village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 753, made up of 380 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 193.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salra village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Mori
Pincode	249128
Area (hectares)	193.76 hectares
Population	753
Male Population	380
Female Population	373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salra compares

By the 2011 count Salra is the 14th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 193.76 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Salra

Salra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Salra from other places

Salra lies about 55 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Shimla, about 82 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 Salra
Tehsil headquarters	Mori	5.4 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	55 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	68 km
Nearest railway station	Shimla	82 km

Villages closest to Salra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salra village had a population of 753. That makes it the 14th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Salra village has 380 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salra has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Salra is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salra covers 193.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salra falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Salra is Shimla, about 82 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salra.

Salra is about 55 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salra is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 5.4 km away. Uttarkashi is about 55 km away. Mussoorie is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.