About Saltikri Village

Saltikri is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,207, made up of 612 males and 595 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 577.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saltikri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saltikri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	577.57 hectares
Population	1,207
Male Population	612
Female Population	595
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Saltikri compares

By the 2011 count Saltikri is the 48th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 577.57 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Saltikri

Saltikri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saltikri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saltikri from other places

Saltikri lies about 17 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about 5.7 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 Saltikri
Nearest railway station	Musra	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	16 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	17 km

Villages closest to Saltikri

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.

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Common questions about Saltikri

As per the Census of India 2011, Saltikri village had a population of 1,207. That makes it the 48th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Saltikri village has 612 males and 595 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saltikri has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1017.

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

Saltikri covers 577.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saltikri falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Saltikri is Musra, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Saltikri.

Saltikri is about 17 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saltikri is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Musra is about 5.7 km away. Dongargarh is about 16 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.