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About Salwahi Village

Salwahi is a large village in Ramanujganj tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,000, made up of 998 males and 1,002 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1022.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salwahi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Ramanujganj
Pincode 497225
Area (hectares) 1022.45 hectares
Population 2,000
Male Population 998
Female Population 1,002
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salwahi compares

By the 2011 count Salwahi is the 25th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 1022.45 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Salwahi

Salwahi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salwahi 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. The nearest villages by name are Purshottampur, Radhanagar, Ramchandrapur and Rampur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Salwahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Salwahi village had a population of 2,000. That makes it the 25th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Salwahi village has 998 males and 1,002 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salwahi has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Salwahi is 497225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salwahi covers 1022.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salwahi falls under Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Salwahi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Salwahi is in Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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