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About Salatong Village

Salatong is a small village in Konta tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 156, made up of 77 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salatong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salatong village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Konta
Pincode 494122
Area (hectares) 137 hectares
Population 156
Male Population 77
Female Population 79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salatong compares

By the 2011 count Salatong is the 165th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 137 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Salatong

Salatong is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salatong 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. The nearest villages by name are Redlapalli, Regadgatta, Regdagatta and Regrayguda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Salatong

As per the Census of India 2011, Salatong village had a population of 156. That makes it the 165th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Salatong village has 77 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salatong has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Salatong is 494122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salatong covers 137 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salatong falls under Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Salatong notes the nearest railway station 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 Salatong.

Salatong is in Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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