About Salgachi Village

Salgachi is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 263, made up of 131 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgachi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgachi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816129
Area (hectares)	54.68 hectares
Population	263
Male Population	131
Female Population	132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salgachi compares

By the 2011 count Salgachi is the 69th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 54.68 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Salgachi

Salgachi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salgachi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Salgachi from other places

Salgachi 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 Salgachi
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 Salgachi

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 Salgachi

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgachi village had a population of 263. That makes it the 69th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Salgachi village has 131 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgachi has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Salgachi is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgachi covers 54.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salgachi falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Salgachi is Dhamdhamia, about 4.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salgachi.

Salgachi 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.

Salgachi 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.