About Salgas Village

Salgas is a mid sized village in Panki tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,460, made up of 769 males and 691 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgas village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Panki
Pincode	822118
Area (hectares)	349 hectares
Population	1,460
Male Population	769
Female Population	691
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salgas compares

By the 2011 count Salgas is the 26th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 857 residents. Its 349 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 953.

Getting to Salgas

Salgas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salgas as Available within village. 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. The nearest villages by name are Ranne, Ratanpur, Rengai and Sagalim. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Salgas

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgas village had a population of 1,460. That makes it the 26th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 857 residents.

Salgas village has 769 males and 691 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgas has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Salgas is 822118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgas covers 349 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salgas falls under Panki tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Salgas notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Salgas.

Salgas is in Panki tehsil of Palamu district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.