About Salgadih Village

Salgadih is a mid sized village in Pakuria tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,108, made up of 592 males and 516 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgadih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Pakuria
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	180.03 hectares
Population	1,108
Male Population	592
Female Population	516
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salgadih compares

By the 2011 count Salgadih is the 26th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 742 residents. Its 180.03 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Salgadih

Salgadih is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Salgadih 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salgadih from other places

Salgadih lies about 44 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 8.3 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 Salgadih
Tehsil headquarters	Pakuria	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	8.3 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	23 km
District headquarters	Pakur	44 km

Villages closest to Salgadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgadih village had a population of 1,108. That makes it the 26th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 742 residents.

Salgadih village has 592 males and 516 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgadih has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

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

Salgadih covers 180.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salgadih falls under Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salgadih is Harinsing, about 8.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Salgadih.

Salgadih is about 44 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salgadih is in Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district. Pakuria is about 5.7 km away. Harinsing is about 8.3 km away. Nalhāti is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.