About Salwe Village

Salwe is a small village in Garu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 233 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531 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	Garu
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	531 hectares
Population	478
Male Population	233
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salwe compares

By the 2011 count Salwe is the 24th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 439 residents. Its 531 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1004.

Getting to Salwe

Salwe is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salwe as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Garu	9.1 km
Nearest railway station	Kumandih	19 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 Garu 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 478. That makes it the 24th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 439 residents.

Salwe village has 233 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salwe has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Salwe covers 531 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salwe falls under Garu 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village 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 Garu tehsil of Latehar district. Garu is about 9.1 km away. Kumandih is about 19 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.