About Salwe Village

Salwe is a mid sized village in Itkhori tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 624, made up of 334 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salwe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salwe village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Itkhori
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	158.57 hectares
Population	624
Male Population	334
Female Population	290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salwe compares

By the 2011 count Salwe is the 33rd largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 558 residents. Its 158.57 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Salwe

Salwe is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salwe as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Salwe from other places

Salwe lies about 27 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 12 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 Salwe
Tehsil headquarters	Itkhori	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	12 km
District headquarters	Chatra	27 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	27 km

Villages closest to Salwe

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salwe village had a population of 624. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 558 residents.

Salwe village has 334 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salwe has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

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

Salwe covers 158.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salwe falls under Itkhori tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salwe is Kathautia, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salwe.

Salwe is about 27 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salwe is in Itkhori tehsil of Chatra district. Itkhori is about 7.5 km away. Kathautia is about 12 km away. Chatra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.