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About Salaba Village

Salaba is a large village in Bagaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,795, made up of 1,490 males and 1,305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salaba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaba village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Bagaha
Pincode 845106
Area (hectares) 372 hectares
Population 2,795
Male Population 1,490
Female Population 1,305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salaba compares

By the 2011 count Salaba is the 33rd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents. Its 372 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Salaba

Salaba is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salaba 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salaba from other places

Salaba lies about 20 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bhairoganj, about 10 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 Salaba
Nearest railway station Bhairoganj 10 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 11 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Bagaha 20 km

Villages closest to Salaba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salaba village had a population of 2,795. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents.

Salaba village has 1,490 males and 1,305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaba has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Salaba is 845106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salaba covers 372 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salaba falls under Bagaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Salaba is Bhairoganj, about 10 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salaba.

Salaba is about 20 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salaba is in Bagaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Bhairoganj is about 10 km away. Rāmnagar is about 11 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Murila (under 2 km), Jamunia (under 2 km) and Jamuniya (under 2 km).

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

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