About Salai Dih Village

Salai Dih is a mid sized village in Birni tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,017, made up of 502 males and 515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salai Dih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salai Dih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Birni
Pincode	825324
Area (hectares)	246.11 hectares
Population	1,017
Male Population	502
Female Population	515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salai Dih compares

By the 2011 count Salai Dih is the 60th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 996 residents. Its 246.11 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Salai Dih

Salai Dih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salai Dih as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Salai Dih from other places

Salai Dih lies about 53 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Duriatanr Halt, about 24 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 Salai Dih
Tehsil headquarters	Birni	12 km
Nearest railway station	Duriatanr Halt	24 km
Nearest town	Jhajha	33 km
District headquarters	Giridih	53 km

Villages closest to Salai Dih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Birni 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 Salai Dih

As per the Census of India 2011, Salai Dih village had a population of 1,017. That makes it the 60th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 996 residents.

Salai Dih village has 502 males and 515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salai Dih has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Salai Dih is 825324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salai Dih covers 246.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salai Dih falls under Birni tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salai Dih is Duriatanr Halt, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salai Dih.

Salai Dih is about 53 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salai Dih is in Birni tehsil of Giridih district. Birni is about 12 km away. Duriatanr Halt is about 24 km away. Jhajha is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.