About Salnar Village

Salnar is a small village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 169 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 622.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	622.27 hectares
Population	330
Male Population	169
Female Population	161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salnar compares

By the 2011 count Salnar is the 57th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 622.27 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Salnar

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

Salnar lies about 41 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 20 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 Salnar
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	16 km
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	20 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	41 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	44 km

Villages closest to Salnar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salnar village had a population of 330. That makes it the 57th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Salnar village has 169 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salnar has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Salnar is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salnar covers 622.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salnar falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salnar is Dantewara, about 20 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 Salnar.

Salnar is about 41 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salnar is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 16 km away. Dantewara is about 20 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.