About Salaidanga Village

Salaidanga is a mid sized village in Gazole tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,427, made up of 711 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salaidanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaidanga village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Gazole
Pincode	732124
Area (hectares)	271.84 hectares
Population	1,427
Male Population	711
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salaidanga compares

By the 2011 count Salaidanga is the 70th largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents. Its 271.84 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Salaidanga

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

How far is Salaidanga from other places

Salaidanga lies about 18 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Eklakhi, about 13 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 Salaidanga
Nearest railway station	Eklakhi	13 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gazole	18 km
District headquarters	Maldah	18 km

Villages closest to Salaidanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salaidanga village had a population of 1,427. That makes it the 70th largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents.

Salaidanga village has 711 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaidanga has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Salaidanga is 732124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salaidanga covers 271.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salaidanga falls under Gazole tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Salaidanga is Eklakhi, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salaidanga.

Salaidanga is about 18 km from Maldah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salaidanga is in Gazole tehsil of Maldah district. Eklakhi is about 13 km away. Rājmahal is about 17 km away. Gazole is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.