About Saldah Village

Saldah is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 227, made up of 124 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saldah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saldah village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	113 hectares
Population	227
Male Population	124
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
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 Saldah compares

By the 2011 count Saldah is the 241st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 113 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Saldah

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

Saldah lies about 14 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Rajgram, about 12 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 Saldah
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Rajgram	12 km
District headquarters	Pakur	14 km

Villages closest to Saldah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saldah village had a population of 227. That makes it the 241st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Saldah village has 124 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saldah has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Saldah is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saldah covers 113 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saldah falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Saldah is Rajgram, about 12 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 Saldah.

Saldah is about 14 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saldah is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 7.0 km away. Rajgram is about 12 km away. Pakur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.