About Salghat Village

Salghat is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 943, made up of 472 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 424 hectares hectares.

Salghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salghat village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	424 hectares
Population	943
Male Population	472
Female Population	471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Salghat compares

By the 2011 count Salghat is the 81st largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 424 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Salghat

Salghat 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 Salghat 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salghat from other places

Salghat lies about 44 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lamta, about 34 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 Salghat
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	9.6 km
Nearest town	Malajkhand	28 km
Nearest railway station	Lamta	34 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	44 km

Villages closest to Salghat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salghat village had a population of 943. That makes it the 81st largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Salghat village has 472 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salghat has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Salghat covers 424 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salghat falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salghat is Lamta, about 34 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salghat.

Salghat is about 44 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salghat is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 9.6 km away. Malajkhand is about 28 km away. Lamta is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.