About Salar Village

Salar is a mid sized village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 852, made up of 418 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491988, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Sarangarh
Pincode	491988
Area (hectares)	237.64 hectares
Population	852
Male Population	418
Female Population	434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salar compares

By the 2011 count Salar is the 82nd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 237.64 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Salar

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

Salar lies about 9.5 km from Sarangarh, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 48 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 Salar
Tehsil headquarters	Sarangarh	9.5 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	27 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	48 km

Villages closest to Salar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salar village had a population of 852. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Salar village has 418 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salar has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Salar is 491988. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salar covers 237.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salar falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salar is Raigarh, about 48 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 Salar.

Salar is about 9.5 km from Sarangarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salar is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 9.5 km away. Saraipali is about 27 km away. Raigarh is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.