About Salpahar Village

Salpahar is a small village in Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 95 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 818209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salpahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salpahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Tundi
Pincode	818209
Area (hectares)	85.26 hectares
Population	181
Male Population	95
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
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 Salpahar compares

By the 2011 count Salpahar is the 142nd largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 85.26 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Salpahar

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

Salpahar lies about 28 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about 17 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 Salpahar
Tehsil headquarters	Tundi	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Giridih	17 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	28 km

Villages closest to Salpahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salpahar village had a population of 181. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Salpahar village has 95 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salpahar has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Salpahar is 818209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salpahar covers 85.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salpahar falls under Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salpahar is Giridih, about 17 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 Salpahar.

Salpahar is about 28 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salpahar is in Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. Tundi is about 8.8 km away. Giridih is about 17 km away. Dhanbad is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.