About Salaiya Village

Salaiya is a mid sized village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,323, made up of 650 males and 673 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 856.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salaiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	856.02 hectares
Population	1,323
Male Population	650
Female Population	673
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Salaiya compares

By the 2011 count Salaiya is the 6th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 856.02 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 975.

Getting to Salaiya

Salaiya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salaiya 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salaiya from other places

Salaiya lies about 31 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 18 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 Salaiya
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	18 km
District headquarters	Latehar	31 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	31 km

Villages closest to Salaiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salaiya village had a population of 1,323. That makes it the 6th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Salaiya village has 650 males and 673 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaiya has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

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

Salaiya covers 856.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salaiya falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salaiya is Balumath, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Salaiya.

Salaiya is about 31 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salaiya is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 7.0 km away. Balumath is about 18 km away. Latehar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.