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About Saelband Village

Saelband is a small village in Sonahatu tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 261 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saelband Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saelband village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Sonahatu
Pincode 835204
Area (hectares) 122 hectares
Population 486
Male Population 261
Female Population 225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saelband compares

By the 2011 count Saelband is the 53rd largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents. Its 122 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 981.

Getting to Saelband

Saelband is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saelband as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Saelband from other places

Saelband lies about 46 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Torang, about 15 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 Saelband
Tehsil headquarters Sonahatu 3.1 km
Nearest railway station Torang 15 km
Nearest town Būndu 16 km
District headquarters Ranchi 46 km

Villages closest to Saelband

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saelband village had a population of 486. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents.

Saelband village has 261 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saelband has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Saelband is 835204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saelband covers 122 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saelband falls under Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Saelband is Torang, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Saelband.

Saelband is about 46 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saelband is in Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district. Sonahatu is about 3.1 km away. Torang is about 15 km away. Būndu is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rangadih (under 2 km), Saread (under 2 km) and Birgamdih (under 2 km).

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

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