About Salgachhi Village

Salgachhi is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 117, made up of 51 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,294 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgachhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgachhi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816116
Area (hectares)	66 hectares
Population	117
Male Population	51
Female Population	66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,294
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salgachhi compares

By the 2011 count Salgachhi is the 118th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 66 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Salgachhi

Salgachhi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salgachhi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salgachhi from other places

Salgachhi lies about 34 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Dhamdhamia, about 4.9 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 Salgachhi
Nearest railway station	Dhamdhamia	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	15 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	16 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	34 km

Villages closest to Salgachhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgachhi village had a population of 117. That makes it the 118th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Salgachhi village has 51 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgachhi has about 1294 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Salgachhi is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgachhi covers 66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salgachhi falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salgachhi is Dhamdhamia, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Salgachhi.

Salgachhi is about 34 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salgachhi is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Dhamdhamia is about 4.9 km away. Taljhari is about 15 km away. Rājmahal is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.