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- LGD code
- 45612
- Pincode
- 246194
- Post office
- G.B. Pant Engg. College
- Population
- 447
- Households
- 104
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1004 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 243
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 78 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 225 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 47 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Saldha compares
By population, Saldha ranks #39 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.8%
−1.9% vs mandal average
- Saldha
- 67.8%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,004
−182 vs mandal average
- Saldha
- 1,004
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Saldha
- 4.3
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Saldha at a glance
Saldha is a village of 447 people in 104 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 39th-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 4 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 47 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246194, served by G.B. Pant Engg. College post office; the LGD village code is 45612. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic, 7 km away. The village votes in Pauri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Pori. The population is estimated at 527 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Saldha
- LGD code
- 45612
- Pincode
- 246194
- Post office
- G.B. Pant Engg. College
- Population (Census 2011)
- 447
- Population (projected 2026)
- 527
- Households
- 104
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1004
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Coordinates
- 30.09060°N, 78.80025°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pauri
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajkumar Pori
- Block / Mandal
- Pauri
Getting there
How to reach Saldha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun78 kmcapital
- Delhi225 km
- Kolkata1267 km
- Mumbai1363 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara47 km
- Bus stopDevprayag21 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Nautiyal's Clinic7 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM15 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum15 km
- CollegeCHAURAS GROUND15 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station28 km
Same pincode
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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