About Salkhan Chak Village

Salkhan Chak is a small village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 65, made up of 37 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 757 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22 hectares hectares.

Salkhan Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkhan Chak village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	22 hectares
Population	65
Male Population	37
Female Population	28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	757
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salkhan Chak compares

By the 2011 count Salkhan Chak is the 158th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 22 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 912.

Getting to Salkhan Chak

Salkhan Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salkhan Chak as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salkhan Chak from other places

Salkhan Chak lies about 25 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 8.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Salkhan Chak
Nearest railway station	Godda	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	25 km
District headquarters	Banka	25 km

Villages closest to Salkhan Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhuraiya tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Salkhan Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkhan Chak village had a population of 65. That makes it the 158th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Salkhan Chak village has 37 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkhan Chak has about 757 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Salkhan Chak covers 22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salkhan Chak falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Salkhan Chak is Godda, about 8.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salkhan Chak.

Salkhan Chak is about 25 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salkhan Chak is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Godda is about 8.6 km away. Dhuraiya is about 25 km away. Banka is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.