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About Salgawan Khurd Village

Salgawan Khurd is a small village in Sonhat tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 123 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgawan Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgawan Khurd village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Sonhat
Pincode 494223
Area (hectares) 352.98 hectares
Population 231
Male Population 123
Female Population 108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salgawan Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Salgawan Khurd is the 70th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 352.98 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Salgawan Khurd

Salgawan Khurd is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salgawan Khurd as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Rajpuri, Ramgarh, Rautsarai and Rewala. 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 Salgawan Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgawan Khurd village had a population of 231. That makes it the 70th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Salgawan Khurd village has 123 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgawan Khurd has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Salgawan Khurd is 494223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgawan Khurd covers 352.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salgawan Khurd falls under Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Salgawan Khurd 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 5 - 10 km distance for Salgawan Khurd.

Salgawan Khurd is in Sonhat tehsil of Koriya 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 Salgawan Khurd today is likely to be higher.

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