About Salhe Village

Salhe is a mid sized village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,715, made up of 845 males and 870 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1085.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salhe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhe village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Bhanupratappur
Pincode	491771
Area (hectares)	1085.26 hectares
Population	1,715
Male Population	845
Female Population	870
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salhe compares

By the 2011 count Salhe is the 8th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 1085.26 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Salhe

Salhe is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salhe 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 Salhe from other places

Salhe lies about 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 5.6 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 Salhe
Nearest railway station	Gudum	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhanupratappur	9.2 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	20 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	22 km

Villages closest to Salhe

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhe village had a population of 1,715. That makes it the 8th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Salhe village has 845 males and 870 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhe has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Salhe is 491771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salhe covers 1085.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salhe falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salhe is Gudum, about 5.6 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 Salhe.

Salhe is about 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salhe is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Gudum is about 5.6 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 9.2 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.