About Salgi Village

Salgi is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 120, made up of 66 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kunda
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	241 hectares
Population	120
Male Population	66
Female Population	54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
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 Salgi compares

By the 2011 count Salgi is the 63rd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 241 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Salgi

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

Salgi lies about 16 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 45 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 Salgi
Tehsil headquarters	Kunda	7.0 km
District headquarters	Chatra	16 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	16 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	45 km

Villages closest to Salgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgi village had a population of 120. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Salgi village has 66 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgi has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

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

Salgi covers 241 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salgi falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salgi is Shivpur, about 45 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 Salgi.

Salgi 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.

Salgi is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 7.0 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.