About Salaia Village

Salaia is a large village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,273, made up of 1,685 males and 1,588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 685.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salaia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkatha
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	685.38 hectares
Population	3,273
Male Population	1,685
Female Population	1,588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
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 Salaia compares

By the 2011 count Salaia is the 11th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 685.38 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Salaia

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

Salaia lies about 33 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Sarmatanr, about 18 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	Sarmatanr	18 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkatha	33 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	33 km

Villages closest to Salaia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barkatha 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 3,273. That makes it the 11th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Salaia village has 1,685 males and 1,588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaia has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Salaia is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salaia covers 685.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salaia falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salaia is Sarmatanr, about 18 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 Salaia.

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

Salaia is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Sarmatanr is about 18 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 28 km away. Barkatha is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.