About Salga Village

Salga is a mid sized village in Katamdag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,696, made up of 819 males and 877 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 438 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Katamdag
Pincode	825301
Area (hectares)	438 hectares
Population	1,696
Male Population	819
Female Population	877
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,071
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 Salga compares

By the 2011 count Salga is the 15th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 438 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Salga

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

Salga lies about 9.9 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Kansar Nawadah, about 4.7 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 Salga
Nearest railway station	Kansar Nawadah	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katamdag	9.9 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	9.9 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	9.9 km

Villages closest to Salga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salga village had a population of 1,696. That makes it the 15th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Salga village has 819 males and 877 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salga has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

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

Salga covers 438 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salga falls under Katamdag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salga is Kansar Nawadah, about 4.7 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 Salga.

Salga is about 9.9 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salga is in Katamdag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Kansar Nawadah is about 4.7 km away. Katamdag is about 9.9 km away. Hazaribagh is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.