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Salan Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Salan is a medium size village located in Palampur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 150 families residing. The Salan village has population of 602 of which 293 are males while 309 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salan village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 12.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salan village is 1055 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Salan as per census is 850, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Salan village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Salan village was 88.83 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Salan Male literacy stands at 97.63 % while female literacy rate was 80.73 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Salan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Salan village.

Salan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 602 293 309
Child (0-6) 74 40 34
Schedule Caste 4 2 2
Schedule Tribe 21 13 8
Literacy 88.83 % 97.63 % 80.73 %
Total Workers 313 145 168
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 192 40 152

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 3.49 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.66 % of total population in Salan village.

Work Profile

In Salan village out of total population, 313 were engaged in work activities. 38.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 313 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.