About Salhewara Village

Salhewara is a large village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,013, made up of 1,070 males and 943 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 528.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salhewara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhewara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuikhadan
Pincode	496224
Area (hectares)	528.79 hectares
Population	2,013
Male Population	1,070
Female Population	943
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
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 among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 528.79 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

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 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 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 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 Salhewara

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhewara village had a population of 2,013. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Salhewara village has 1,070 males and 943 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhewara has about 881 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 Salhewara is 496224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salhewara covers 528.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salhewara falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to 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 Salhewara.

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.

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.