About Salhewara Village

Salhewara is a small village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 174 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493559, 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	Khairagarh
Pincode	493559
Area (hectares)	203.24 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	174
Female Population	176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
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 the 182nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 203.24 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

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
Tehsil headquarters	Khairagarh	9.8 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	9.8 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 Khairagarh 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 350. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Salhewara village has 174 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhewara has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Salhewara is 493559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salhewara covers 203.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salhewara falls under Khairagarh 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 Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 9.8 km away. Khairāgarh is about 9.8 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.