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About Salgi Village

Salgi is a large village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,325, made up of 1,681 males and 1,644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1527.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Lohardaga
Tehsil Kuru
Pincode 835302
Area (hectares) 1527.46 hectares
Population 3,325
Male Population 1,681
Female Population 1,644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salgi compares

By the 2011 count Salgi is the 4th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 1527.46 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Salgi

Salgi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salgi as Available within <5 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 Salgi from other places

Salgi lies about 16 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Barkichampi, about 4.3 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 Salgi
Nearest railway station Barkichampi 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuru 13 km
District headquarters Lohardaga 16 km
Nearest town Lohārdagā 16 km

Villages closest to Salgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgi village had a population of 3,325. That makes it the 4th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Salgi village has 1,681 males and 1,644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgi has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Salgi is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgi covers 1527.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salgi falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salgi is Barkichampi, about 4.3 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salgi.

Salgi is about 16 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salgi is in Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Barkichampi is about 4.3 km away. Kuru is about 13 km away. Lohardaga is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chund (under 2 km), Masiyatu (under 2 km) and Dhawra (2.0 km).

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

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