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About Salda Village

Salda is a small village in Sonamukhi tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 228 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salda village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Sonamukhi
Pincode 722207
Area (hectares) 89.41 hectares
Population 419
Male Population 228
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salda compares

By the 2011 count Salda is the 119th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 999 residents. Its 89.41 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 943.

Getting to Salda

Salda is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Salda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Rupat Ganj, Ruppal, Rupuisar and Sahapur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Salda

As per the Census of India 2011, Salda village had a population of 419. That makes it the 119th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 999 residents.

Salda village has 228 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salda has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Salda is 722207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salda covers 89.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salda falls under Sonamukhi tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Salda notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Salda is in Sonamukhi tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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