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About Salhe Tarai Village

Salhe Tarai is a mid sized village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 960, made up of 474 males and 486 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 473.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salhe Tarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhe Tarai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Pithora
Pincode 491111
Area (hectares) 473.05 hectares
Population 960
Male Population 474
Female Population 486
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salhe Tarai compares

By the 2011 count Salhe Tarai is the 75th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 473.05 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Salhe Tarai

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

Salhe Tarai lies about 72 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 45 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 Salhe Tarai
Tehsil headquarters Pithora 26 km
Nearest town Saraipali 26 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 45 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 72 km

Villages closest to Salhe Tarai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pithora 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 Salhe Tarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhe Tarai village had a population of 960. That makes it the 75th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Salhe Tarai village has 474 males and 486 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhe Tarai has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Salhe Tarai is 491111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salhe Tarai covers 473.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salhe Tarai falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salhe Tarai is Komakhan railway station, about 45 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 Salhe Tarai.

Salhe Tarai is about 72 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salhe Tarai is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Pithora is about 26 km away. Saraipali is about 26 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khursipahar (1.7 km), Narayanpur (2.1 km) and Bhairopur (2.5 km).

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

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