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About Salhebhat Village

Salhebhat is a small village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 159 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495691, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salhebhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhebhat village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 495691
Area (hectares) 118.12 hectares
Population 329
Male Population 159
Female Population 170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salhebhat compares

By the 2011 count Salhebhat is the 82nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 118.12 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Salhebhat

Salhebhat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salhebhat as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Salhebhat from other places

Salhebhat lies about 28 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 40 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 Salhebhat
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 11 km
Nearest town Kānker 11 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 28 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 40 km

Villages closest to Salhebhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhebhat village had a population of 329. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Salhebhat village has 159 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhebhat has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Salhebhat is 495691. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salhebhat covers 118.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salhebhat falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salhebhat is Dhamtari, about 40 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 10+ km distance for Salhebhat.

Salhebhat is about 28 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.

Salhebhat is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 11 km away. Kānker is about 11 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kokadi (under 2 km), Nara (2.0 km) and Bagodar (2.8 km).

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

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