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About Salar Kalan Village

Salar Kalan is a mid sized village in Phulwaria tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,856, made up of 916 males and 940 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 841425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salar Kalan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Phulwaria
Pincode 841425
Area (hectares) 114.1 hectares
Population 1,856
Male Population 916
Female Population 940
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Salar Kalan is the 23rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents. Its 114.1 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Salar Kalan

Salar Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salar Kalan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salar Kalan from other places

Salar Kalan lies about 58 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Ekma, about 3.7 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 Salar Kalan
Nearest railway station Ekma 3.7 km
Nearest town Reoti 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Phulwaria 24 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 58 km

Villages closest to Salar Kalan

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

Common questions about Salar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Salar Kalan village had a population of 1,856. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents.

Salar Kalan village has 916 males and 940 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salar Kalan has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Salar Kalan is 841425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salar Kalan covers 114.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Salar Kalan falls under Phulwaria tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Salar Kalan is Ekma, about 3.7 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salar Kalan.

Salar Kalan is about 58 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salar Kalan is in Phulwaria tehsil of Gopalganj district. Ekma is about 3.7 km away. Reoti is about 17 km away. Phulwaria is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhagwat Parsa Kalan (under 2 km), Majirwa Kalan (under 2 km) and Raghunandanpur Urf Chamanpatti (5.0 km).

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

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