About Shalbani Village

Shalbani is a small village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10, made up of 6 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144 hectares hectares.

Shalbani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shalbani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Ghatshila
Area (hectares)	144 hectares
Population	10
Male Population	6
Female Population	4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shalbani compares

By the 2011 count Shalbani is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 144 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Shalbani

Shalbani is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shalbani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shalbani from other places

Shalbani lies about 22 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Galudih, about 5.9 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 Shalbani
Nearest railway station	Galudih	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatshila	11 km
Nearest town	Ghātsīla	11 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	22 km

Villages closest to Shalbani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shalbani village had a population of 10. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Shalbani village has 6 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shalbani has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Shalbani covers 144 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shalbani falls under Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Shalbani is Galudih, about 5.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Shalbani.

Shalbani is about 22 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shalbani is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Galudih is about 5.9 km away. Ghatshila is about 11 km away. Ghātsīla is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.