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About Salaia Khurd Village

Salaia Khurd is a small village in Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 372, made up of 195 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salaia Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaia Khurd village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Palamu
Tehsil Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha
Pincode 822113
Area (hectares) 164 hectares
Population 372
Male Population 195
Female Population 177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
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 Salaia Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Salaia Khurd is the 53rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 819 residents. Its 164 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Salaia Khurd

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

Salaia Khurd lies about 26 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Harubera, about 16 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 Salaia Khurd
Nearest railway station Harubera 16 km
Nearest town Kathhāra 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha 26 km
District headquarters Palamu 26 km

Villages closest to Salaia Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha 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 Salaia Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Salaia Khurd village had a population of 372. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 819 residents.

Salaia Khurd village has 195 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaia Khurd has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Salaia Khurd is 822113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salaia Khurd covers 164 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salaia Khurd falls under Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salaia Khurd is Harubera, about 16 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 Salaia Khurd.

Salaia Khurd is about 26 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salaia Khurd is in Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha tehsil of Palamu district. Harubera is about 16 km away. Kathhāra is about 16 km away. Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anata Kalan (5.9 km), Anata Khurd (6.3 km) and Karkata (6.3 km).

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

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