About Saloni Village

Saloni is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 673, made up of 345 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saloni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saloni village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gunderdehi
Pincode	491221
Area (hectares)	246.58 hectares
Population	673
Male Population	345
Female Population	328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saloni compares

By the 2011 count Saloni is the 118th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 246.58 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Saloni

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

Saloni lies about 21 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 8.7 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 Saloni
Tehsil headquarters	Gunderdehi	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Gundardehi	8.7 km
District headquarters	Durg	21 km

Villages closest to Saloni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saloni village had a population of 673. That makes it the 118th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Saloni village has 345 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saloni has about 951 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 1007.

The pincode recorded for Saloni is 491221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saloni covers 246.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saloni falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Saloni is Gundardehi, about 8.7 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 Saloni.

Saloni is about 21 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saloni is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Gunderdehi is about 8.1 km away. Gundardehi is about 8.7 km away. Durg is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.