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Salang Population - Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Salang is a medium size village located in Bhatwari Tehsil of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand with total 94 families residing. The Salang village has population of 432 of which 230 are males while 202 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salang village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 10.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salang village is 878 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Salang as per census is 958, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Salang village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Salang village was 77.92 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Salang Male literacy stands at 93.69 % while female literacy rate was 59.78 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Salang 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 Salang village.

Salang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 94 - -
Population 432 230 202
Child (0-6) 47 24 23
Schedule Caste 12 7 5
Schedule Tribe 8 4 4
Literacy 77.92 % 93.69 % 59.78 %
Total Workers 220 111 109
Main Worker 211 - -
Marginal Worker 9 5 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.78 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.85 % of total population in Salang village.

Work Profile

In Salang village out of total population, 220 were engaged in work activities. 95.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 220 workers engaged in Main Work, 186 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.