About Salga Village

Salga is a mid sized village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 681, made up of 325 males and 356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343 hectares hectares.

Salga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Area (hectares)	343 hectares
Population	681
Male Population	325
Female Population	356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,095
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 43rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 343 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

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 11 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bingaon, about 25 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
District headquarters	Khunti	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	14 km
Nearest railway station	Bingaon	25 km

Villages closest to Salga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Murhu 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 681. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Salga village has 325 males and 356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salga has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Salga covers 343 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salga falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salga is Bingaon, about 25 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 11 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salga is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Khunti is about 11 km away. Murhu is about 14 km away. Bingaon is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.