About Salpani Village

Salpani is a small village in Pakuria tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 216 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salpani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salpani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Pakuria
Pincode	816117
Area (hectares)	187 hectares
Population	438
Male Population	216
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
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 Salpani compares

By the 2011 count Salpani is the 90th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 742 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Salpani

Salpani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Salpani 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 Salpani from other places

Salpani lies about 33 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 14 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 Salpani
Tehsil headquarters	Pakuria	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Chatra	14 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	14 km
District headquarters	Pakur	33 km

Villages closest to Salpani

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 Salpani

As per the Census of India 2011, Salpani village had a population of 438. That makes it the 90th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 742 residents.

Salpani village has 216 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salpani has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Salpani is 816117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salpani covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salpani falls under Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salpani is Chatra, about 14 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 Salpani.

Salpani is about 33 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salpani is in Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district. Pakuria is about 7.0 km away. Chatra is about 14 km away. Nalhāti is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.