About Salhewara Village

Salhewara is a mid sized village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 260 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salhewara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhewara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Bodla
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	253.2 hectares
Population	516
Male Population	260
Female Population	256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salhewara compares

By the 2011 count Salhewara is the 128th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 253.2 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Salhewara

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

Salhewara lies about 23 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 81 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 Salhewara
Tehsil headquarters	Bodla	18 km
Nearest town	Kawardha	22 km
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	23 km
Nearest railway station	Bamhani Banjar	81 km

Villages closest to Salhewara

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.

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Common questions about Salhewara

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhewara village had a population of 516. That makes it the 128th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Salhewara village has 260 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhewara has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

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

Salhewara covers 253.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salhewara falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salhewara is Bamhani Banjar, about 81 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 Salhewara.

Salhewara is about 23 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salhewara is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Bodla is about 18 km away. Kawardha is about 22 km away. Kabeerdham is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.