About Saltora Village

Saltora is a small village in Garbeta II tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 152, made up of 81 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721157, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saltora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saltora village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Garbeta II
Pincode	721157
Area (hectares)	110.36 hectares
Population	152
Male Population	81
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
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 Saltora compares

By the 2011 count Saltora is the 208th largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 565 residents. Its 110.36 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 982.

Getting to Saltora

Saltora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Saltora 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 Saltora from other places

Saltora lies about 18 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Jangalmahal Bhadutala, about 4.3 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 Saltora
Nearest railway station	Jangalmahal Bhadutala	4.3 km
Nearest town	Medinīpur	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garbeta II	18 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	18 km

Villages closest to Saltora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garbeta II 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 Saltora

As per the Census of India 2011, Saltora village had a population of 152. That makes it the 208th largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 565 residents.

Saltora village has 81 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saltora has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Saltora is 721157. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saltora covers 110.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saltora falls under Garbeta II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Saltora is Jangalmahal Bhadutala, about 4.3 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 Saltora.

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

Saltora is in Garbeta II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Jangalmahal Bhadutala is about 4.3 km away. Medinīpur is about 6.5 km away. Garbeta II is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.