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About Chhota Salunchi Village

Chhota Salunchi is a mid sized village in Dubrajpur tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 509, made up of 277 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 273.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhota Salunchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Salunchi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Dubrajpur
Pincode 731124
Area (hectares) 273.07 hectares
Population 509
Male Population 277
Female Population 232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhota Salunchi compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Salunchi is the 128th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 954 residents. Its 273.07 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Chhota Salunchi

Chhota Salunchi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chhota Salunchi as Available within 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 Chhota Salunchi from other places

Chhota Salunchi lies about 58 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chinpai, about 6.4 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 Chhota Salunchi
Nearest railway station Chinpai 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dubrajpur 9.3 km
Nearest town Dubrājpur 9.3 km
District headquarters Birbhum 58 km

Villages closest to Chhota Salunchi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dubrajpur 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 Chhota Salunchi

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Salunchi village had a population of 509. That makes it the 128th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 954 residents.

Chhota Salunchi village has 277 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Salunchi has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Chhota Salunchi is 731124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhota Salunchi covers 273.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhota Salunchi falls under Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chhota Salunchi is Chinpai, about 6.4 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 village for Chhota Salunchi.

Chhota Salunchi is about 58 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhota Salunchi is in Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district. Chinpai is about 6.4 km away. Dubrajpur is about 9.3 km away. Dubrājpur is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandidaspur (under 2 km), Paratpur (under 2 km) and Barasalunchi (under 2 km).

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

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