About Salna Village

Salna is a large village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,401, made up of 1,232 males and 1,169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 649.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495674, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salna village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bade Rajpur
Pincode	495674
Area (hectares)	649.47 hectares
Population	2,401
Male Population	1,232
Female Population	1,169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salna compares

By the 2011 count Salna is the 9th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 649.47 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Salna

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

Salna lies about 95 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 75 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 Salna
Tehsil headquarters	Bade Rajpur	12 km
Nearest town	Kānker	45 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	75 km
District headquarters	Bastar	95 km

Villages closest to Salna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur 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 Salna

As per the Census of India 2011, Salna village had a population of 2,401. That makes it the 9th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Salna village has 1,232 males and 1,169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salna has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Salna is 495674. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salna covers 649.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salna falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salna is Antagarh, about 75 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Salna.

Salna is about 95 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salna is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 12 km away. Kānker is about 45 km away. Antagarh is about 75 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.