About Salaiya Village

Salaiya is a small village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 452, made up of 233 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825420, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salaiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825420
Area (hectares)	261 hectares
Population	452
Male Population	233
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salaiya compares

By the 2011 count Salaiya is the 123rd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 261 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Salaiya

Salaiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salaiya as Available within 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 Salaiya from other places

Salaiya lies about 13 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 44 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 Salaiya
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	13 km
District headquarters	Chatra	13 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	13 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	44 km

Villages closest to Salaiya

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.

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Common questions about Salaiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Salaiya village had a population of 452. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Salaiya village has 233 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaiya has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Salaiya is 825420. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salaiya covers 261 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Salaiya is Katkamsandi, about 44 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 village for Salaiya.

Salaiya is about 13 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salaiya is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 13 km away. Chatra is about 13 km away. Chatrā is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.