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About Salga Village

Salga is a large village in Keredari tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,250, made up of 1,727 males and 1,523 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1980.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825321, 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 Keredari
Pincode 825321
Area (hectares) 1980.92 hectares
Population 3,250
Male Population 1,727
Female Population 1,523
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salga compares

By the 2011 count Salga is the 7th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents. Its 1980.92 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 967.

Getting to Salga

Salga is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Salga as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Keredari 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 Keredari 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 Salga

As per the Census of India 2011, Salga village had a population of 3,250. That makes it the 7th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents.

Salga village has 1,727 males and 1,523 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salga has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Salga is 825321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salga covers 1980.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salga falls under Keredari 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 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 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 Keredari tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Kansar Nawadah is about 4.7 km away. Keredari 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.

The closest recorded villages are Batuka (8.1 km), Itij (11 km) and Sirma (11 km).

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

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