About Salga Village

Salga is a mid sized village in Gidhaur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 747, made up of 379 males and 368 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Gidhaur
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	101 hectares
Population	747
Male Population	379
Female Population	368
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salga compares

By the 2011 count Salga is the 16th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Salga

Salga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Salga as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Salga from other places

Salga lies about 16 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 18 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 Salga
Tehsil headquarters	Gidhaur	under 2 km
District headquarters	Chatra	16 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	16 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	18 km

Villages closest to Salga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salga village had a population of 747. That makes it the 16th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents.

Salga village has 379 males and 368 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salga has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Salga is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salga covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salga falls under Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salga is Katkamsandi, about 18 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Salga.

Salga is about 16 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salga is in Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district. Gidhaur is about under 2 km away. Chatra is about 16 km away. Chatrā is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.