About Salaia Village

Salaia is a small village in Giridih tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 62, made up of 29 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salaia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Giridih
Pincode	815316
Area (hectares)	41.58 hectares
Population	62
Male Population	29
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,138
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salaia compares

By the 2011 count Salaia is the 186th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,003 residents. Its 41.58 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Salaia

Salaia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salaia 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salaia from other places

Salaia lies about 5.5 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Salaia, about under 2 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 Salaia
Nearest railway station	Salaia	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Giridih	5.5 km

Villages closest to Salaia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salaia village had a population of 62. That makes it the 186th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,003 residents.

Salaia village has 29 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaia has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Salaia is 815316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salaia covers 41.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salaia falls under Giridih tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salaia is Salaia, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Salaia.

Salaia is about 5.5 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salaia is in Giridih tehsil of Giridih district. Salaia is about under 2 km away. Giridih is about 5.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.