About Salas Village

Salas is a mid sized village in Kochas tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,731, made up of 899 males and 832 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salas village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Kochas
Pincode	821112
Area (hectares)	254.64 hectares
Population	1,731
Male Population	899
Female Population	832
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salas compares

By the 2011 count Salas is the 20th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 254.64 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Salas

Salas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salas as Available within village. 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 Salas from other places

Salas lies about 67 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Pusauli, about 19 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 Salas
Tehsil headquarters	Kochas	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Pusauli	19 km
Nearest town	Nokha	31 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	67 km

Villages closest to Salas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salas village had a population of 1,731. That makes it the 20th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Salas village has 899 males and 832 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salas has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Salas is 821112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salas covers 254.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salas falls under Kochas tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Salas is Pusauli, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Salas.

Salas is about 67 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salas is in Kochas tehsil of Rohtas district. Kochas is about 7.9 km away. Pusauli is about 19 km away. Nokha is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.