About Salkeya Village

Salkeya is a small village in Verno tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 218 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salkeya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkeya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Verno
Pincode	835224
Area (hectares)	206 hectares
Population	419
Male Population	218
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salkeya compares

By the 2011 count Salkeya is the 61st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents. Its 206 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Salkeya

Salkeya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salkeya as Available within 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 Salkeya from other places

Salkeya lies about 32 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 14 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 Salkeya
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Verno	32 km
District headquarters	Gumla	32 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	32 km

Villages closest to Salkeya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkeya village had a population of 419. That makes it the 61st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents.

Salkeya village has 218 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkeya has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Salkeya is 835224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salkeya covers 206 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salkeya falls under Verno tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salkeya is Bakaspur, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Salkeya.

Salkeya is about 32 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salkeya is in Verno tehsil of Gumla district. Bakaspur is about 14 km away. Verno is about 32 km away. Gumla is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.