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About Chhote Salna Village

Chhote Salna is a mid sized village in Makdi tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,075, made up of 532 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhote Salna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhote Salna village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Makdi
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 404.52 hectares
Population 1,075
Male Population 532
Female Population 543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhote Salna compares

By the 2011 count Chhote Salna is the 36th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 404.52 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Chhote Salna

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

Chhote Salna lies about 30 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 29 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 Chhote Salna
Nearest railway station Silak Jhori 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Makdi 30 km
District headquarters Bastar 30 km
Nearest town Kondagaon 39 km

Villages closest to Chhote Salna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhote Salna village had a population of 1,075. That makes it the 36th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Chhote Salna village has 532 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhote Salna has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Chhote Salna is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhote Salna covers 404.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhote Salna falls under Makdi tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chhote Salna is Silak Jhori, about 29 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 Chhote Salna.

Chhote Salna is about 30 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhote Salna is in Makdi tehsil of Bastar district. Silak Jhori is about 29 km away. Makdi is about 30 km away. Bastar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Seoni (15 km), Hirlabhat (17 km) and Labha (17 km).

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

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