About Purni Salaia Village

Purni Salaia is a mid sized village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 505, made up of 251 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purni Salaia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purni Salaia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	24.66 hectares
Population	505
Male Population	251
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
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 Purni Salaia compares

By the 2011 count Purni Salaia is the 121st largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 24.66 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Purni Salaia

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

Purni Salaia lies about 20 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 4.5 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 Purni Salaia
Nearest railway station	Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	13 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	18 km
District headquarters	Giridih	20 km

Villages closest to Purni Salaia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gande 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 Purni Salaia

As per the Census of India 2011, Purni Salaia village had a population of 505. That makes it the 121st largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Purni Salaia village has 251 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purni Salaia has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Purni Salaia is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purni Salaia covers 24.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purni Salaia falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purni Salaia is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 4.5 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 Purni Salaia.

Purni Salaia is about 20 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purni Salaia is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 4.5 km away. Gande is about 13 km away. Madhupur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.