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About Salhan Village

Salhan is a mid sized village in Angara tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,902, made up of 976 males and 926 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 453.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Angara
Pincode 835101
Area (hectares) 453.07 hectares
Population 1,902
Male Population 976
Female Population 926
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salhan compares

By the 2011 count Salhan is the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents. Its 453.07 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 986.

Getting to Salhan

Salhan 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 Salhan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salhan from other places

Salhan lies about 19 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Mesra, about 5.7 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 Salhan
Tehsil headquarters Angara 4.4 km
Nearest railway station Mesra 5.7 km
District headquarters Ranchi 19 km

Villages closest to Salhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhan village had a population of 1,902. That makes it the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents.

Salhan village has 976 males and 926 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhan has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Salhan is 835101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salhan covers 453.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salhan falls under Angara tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salhan is Mesra, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Salhan.

Salhan is about 19 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salhan is in Angara tehsil of Ranchi district. Angara is about 4.4 km away. Mesra is about 5.7 km away. Ranchi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaldag (1.7 km), Turup (1.7 km) and Lalgarh (1.8 km).

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

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