About Salami Village

Salami is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 693, made up of 365 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1052 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salami Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salami village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835331
Area (hectares)	1052 hectares
Population	693
Male Population	365
Female Population	328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
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 Salami compares

By the 2011 count Salami is the 58th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 1052 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Salami

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

Salami lies about 27 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 43 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 Salami
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	19 km
District headquarters	Gumla	27 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	27 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	43 km

Villages closest to Salami

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 Salami

As per the Census of India 2011, Salami village had a population of 693. That makes it the 58th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Salami village has 365 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salami has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Salami is 835331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salami covers 1052 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salami falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salami is Lohardaga, about 43 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 Salami.

Salami is about 27 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salami is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 19 km away. Gumla is about 27 km away. Gumlā is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.