About Baiga Salhewara Village

Baiga Salhewara is a small village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 276, made up of 151 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baiga Salhewara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baiga Salhewara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuikhadan
Pincode	495554
Area (hectares)	227.68 hectares
Population	276
Male Population	151
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baiga Salhewara compares

By the 2011 count Baiga Salhewara is the 166th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 227.68 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1014.

Getting to Baiga Salhewara

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

Baiga Salhewara lies about 37 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 25 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 Baiga Salhewara
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuikhadan	18 km
Nearest railway station	Jatkanhar	25 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	37 km

Villages closest to Baiga Salhewara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhuikhadan 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 Baiga Salhewara

As per the Census of India 2011, Baiga Salhewara village had a population of 276. That makes it the 166th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Baiga Salhewara village has 151 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baiga Salhewara has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Baiga Salhewara is 495554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baiga Salhewara covers 227.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baiga Salhewara falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Baiga Salhewara is Jatkanhar, about 25 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 Baiga Salhewara.

Baiga Salhewara is about 37 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baiga Salhewara is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairāgarh is about 9.8 km away. Chhuikhadan is about 18 km away. Jatkanhar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.