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About Salaiya Village

Salaiya is a mid sized village in Hazaribag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 744, made up of 394 males and 350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salaiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaiya village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Hazaribag
Pincode 825301
Area (hectares) 214.69 hectares
Population 744
Male Population 394
Female Population 350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
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 Salaiya compares

By the 2011 count Salaiya is the 50th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents. Its 214.69 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Salaiya

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

Salaiya lies about 6.2 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribag Town, about 6.9 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 Salaiya
Tehsil headquarters Hazaribag 6.2 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 6.2 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 6.2 km
Nearest railway station Hazaribag Town 6.9 km

Villages closest to Salaiya

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

Common questions about Salaiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Salaiya village had a population of 744. That makes it the 50th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents.

Salaiya village has 394 males and 350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaiya has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Salaiya is 825301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salaiya covers 214.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salaiya falls under Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salaiya is Hazaribag Town, about 6.9 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 Salaiya.

Salaiya is about 6.2 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salaiya is in Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Hazaribag is about 6.2 km away. Hazaribagh is about 6.2 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 6.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhelwara (under 2 km), Bamhni (under 2 km) and Chapwa (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Salaiya today is likely to be higher.

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