About Salwe Village

Salwe is a large village in Bariyatu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,561, made up of 1,269 males and 1,292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 714 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salwe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salwe village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Bariyatu
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	714 hectares
Population	2,561
Male Population	1,269
Female Population	1,292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
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 Salwe compares

By the 2011 count Salwe is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 714 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Salwe

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

Salwe lies about 26 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kumandih, about 19 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 Salwe
Nearest railway station	Kumandih	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bariyatu	26 km
District headquarters	Latehar	26 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	26 km

Villages closest to Salwe

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salwe village had a population of 2,561. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Salwe village has 1,269 males and 1,292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salwe has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Salwe is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salwe covers 714 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salwe falls under Bariyatu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salwe is Kumandih, about 19 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 Salwe.

Salwe is about 26 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salwe is in Bariyatu tehsil of Latehar district. Kumandih is about 19 km away. Bariyatu is about 26 km away. Latehar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.