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About Salgi Village

Salgi is a small village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 84 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Bodla
Pincode 491995
Area (hectares) 358.47 hectares
Population 169
Male Population 84
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
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 251st largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 358.47 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

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 38 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Bhanwar Tonk, about 79 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 Bodla 26 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 38 km
Nearest town Kawardha 43 km
Nearest railway station Bhanwar Tonk 79 km

Villages closest to Salgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgi village had a population of 169. That makes it the 251st largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Salgi village has 84 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgi has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Salgi is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgi covers 358.47 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.

Salgi falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salgi is Bhanwar Tonk, about 79 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 38 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salgi is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Bodla is about 26 km away. Kabeerdham is about 38 km away. Kawardha is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bamhantara (under 2 km), Mukam (under 2 km) and Sukjhar (1.6 km).

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

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