# Salan Gaon Village, Dehradun, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Dehradun, Dehradun 

# Salan Gaon

Salan Gaon is a village in Dehradun sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **287 people in 59 households**, the 104th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 287people (2011)
- 59households
- 91.2%literacy
- 1,110females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salan Gaon

Of every 100 households in Salan Gaon in 2011, 100 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 81 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 23 a car.

■ Salan Gaon · ■ Dehradun rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**13%

Tap water ****96%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**78%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****81%**

**71%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****19%**

**25%

Use banking services ****81%**

**84%

Television ****86%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**82%

Computer with internet ****7%**

**5%

Two-wheeler ****40%**

**50%

Car / jeep / van ****23%**

**13%

None of these assets ****4%**

**5%

Own their home ****91%**

**84%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Salan Gaon?

■ Salan Gaon · ■ Dehradun rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.2%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1110**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**890

Working population ****28.9%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 86.9% for women. 49% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (28%) · **■** Household industry 9 (11%) · **■** Other work 27 (33%) · **■** Marginal 15 (18%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Dehradun

- Simiyari319 people
- Paw Wala Soda316 people
- Bandawali309 people
- Bhagwant Pur302 people
- Chhamroli286 people
- Bagradhauran284 people
- Kalimati268 people
- Bajhet260 people

[All 155 villages in Dehradun](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/dehradun/dehradun/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salan Gaon?287 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salan Gaon in?Dehradun district (Dehradun sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Salan Gaon?91.2% (Census 2011)