About Salthar Village

Salthar is a mid sized village in Udwant Nagar tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 677, made up of 350 males and 327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Salthar compares

By the 2011 count Salthar is the 55th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,295 residents. Its 77 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Salthar

Salthar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salthar as Available within 5 - 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 village. The nearest villages by name are Piania, Pirozpur, Raghopur and Rampur. 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.