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About Salot Village

Salot is a small village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 35 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salot village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode 825403
Area (hectares) 191 hectares
Population 71
Male Population 35
Female Population 36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
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 Salot compares

By the 2011 count Salot is the 206th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 191 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Salot

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

Salot lies about 29 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 28 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 Salot
Nearest town Bagaha 16 km
Nearest railway station Kathautia 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 29 km
District headquarters Chatra 29 km

Villages closest to Salot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Salot

As per the Census of India 2011, Salot village had a population of 71. That makes it the 206th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Salot village has 35 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salot has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Salot is 825403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salot covers 191 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salot falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salot is Kathautia, about 28 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 Salot.

Salot is about 29 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salot is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Bagaha is about 16 km away. Kathautia is about 28 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sahotra (9.6 km), Burhigara (11 km) and Jaldiha (14 km).

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

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