About Saltar Village

Saltar is a mid sized village in Karon tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,343, made up of 694 males and 649 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815357, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saltar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saltar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Karon
Pincode	815357
Area (hectares)	255 hectares
Population	1,343
Male Population	694
Female Population	649
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
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 Saltar compares

By the 2011 count Saltar is the 15th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 631 residents. Its 255 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Saltar

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

Saltar lies about 40 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Madankata Railway Station, about 6.9 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 Saltar
Tehsil headquarters	Karon	1.9 km
Nearest railway station	Madankata Railway Station	6.9 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	19 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	40 km

Villages closest to Saltar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saltar village had a population of 1,343. That makes it the 15th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 631 residents.

Saltar village has 694 males and 649 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saltar has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Saltar is 815357. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saltar covers 255 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saltar falls under Karon tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Saltar is Madankata Railway Station, about 6.9 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 Saltar.

Saltar is about 40 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saltar is in Karon tehsil of Deoghar district. Karon is about 1.9 km away. Madankata Railway Station is about 6.9 km away. Jāmtāra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.