About Salgi Village

Salgi is a small village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 191, made up of 105 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	59.7 hectares
Population	191
Male Population	105
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	819
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salgi compares

By the 2011 count Salgi is the 233rd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 59.7 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Salgi

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

Salgi lies about 78 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Bhanwar Tonk, about 43 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 Salgi
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	27 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanwar Tonk	43 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	46 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	78 km

Villages closest to Salgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgi village had a population of 191. That makes it the 233rd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Salgi village has 105 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgi has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Salgi is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgi covers 59.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salgi falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salgi is Bhanwar Tonk, about 43 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 10+ km distance for Salgi.

Salgi is about 78 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salgi is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 27 km away. Bhanwar Tonk is about 43 km away. Mungeli is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.