About Salkhua Village

Salkhua is a small village in Pratappur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 86 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salkhua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkhua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pratappur
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	80 hectares
Population	171
Male Population	86
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
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 Salkhua compares

By the 2011 count Salkhua is the 128th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 80 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Salkhua

Salkhua is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Salkhua 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 Salkhua from other places

Salkhua lies about 79 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kajri, about 3.5 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 Salkhua
Nearest railway station	Kajri	3.5 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pratappur	33 km
District headquarters	Chatra	79 km

Villages closest to Salkhua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkhua village had a population of 171. That makes it the 128th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Salkhua village has 86 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkhua has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Salkhua is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salkhua covers 80 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salkhua falls under Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salkhua is Kajri, about 3.5 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 Salkhua.

Salkhua is about 79 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salkhua is in Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district. Kajri is about 3.5 km away. Medininagar is about 9.9 km away. Pratappur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.