About Salgi Village

Salgi is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,454, made up of 758 males and 696 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1474.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	1474.2 hectares
Population	1,454
Male Population	758
Female Population	696
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salgi compares

By the 2011 count Salgi is the 18th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 1474.2 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Salgi

Salgi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salgi as Available within village. 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 Salgi from other places

Salgi lies about 33 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 27 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 Salgi
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	11 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	24 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	27 km
District headquarters	Gumla	33 km

Villages closest to Salgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgi village had a population of 1,454. That makes it the 18th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Salgi village has 758 males and 696 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgi has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Salgi is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgi covers 1474.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salgi falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salgi is Lohardaga, about 27 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salgi.

Salgi is about 33 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salgi is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 11 km away. Lohārdagā is about 24 km away. Lohardaga is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.