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About Saltari Village

Saltari is a mid sized village in Bilasipara tehsil, in the district of Dhubri, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,264, made up of 666 males and 598 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.06 hectares hectares.

Saltari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saltari village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dhubri
Tehsil Bilasipara
Area (hectares) 254.06 hectares
Population 1,264
Male Population 666
Female Population 598
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Saltari compares

By the 2011 count Saltari is the 62nd largest of the 183 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,235 residents. Its 254.06 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Saltari

Saltari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saltari as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sagunmari Pt I, Sagunmari Pt Ii, Sagunmari Pt Iii and Sagunmari Pt Iv. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Saltari

As per the Census of India 2011, Saltari village had a population of 1,264. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 183 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,235 residents.

Saltari village has 666 males and 598 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saltari has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Saltari covers 254.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saltari falls under Bilasipara tehsil of Dhubri district in Assam.

The census record for Saltari notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Saltari.

Saltari is in Bilasipara tehsil of Dhubri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Saltari today is likely to be higher.

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