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About Saloni Village

Saloni is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,175, made up of 575 males and 600 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saloni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saloni village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 343.22 hectares
Population 1,175
Male Population 575
Female Population 600
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saloni compares

By the 2011 count Saloni is the 52nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 343.22 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Saloni

Saloni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saloni as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Saloni from other places

Saloni lies about 25 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 7.7 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 Saloni
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 12 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 25 km

Villages closest to Saloni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saloni village had a population of 1,175. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Saloni village has 575 males and 600 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saloni has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Saloni is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saloni covers 343.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saloni falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Saloni is Jatkanhar, about 7.7 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 <5 km distance for Saloni.

Saloni is about 25 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saloni is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 7.7 km away. Dongargarh is about 12 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhara (under 2 km), Bundhan Chhapar (2.1 km) and Chhapara (2.1 km).

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

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