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About Salgora Village

Salgora is a mid sized village in Raghunathpur II tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 818, made up of 440 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgora village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Raghunathpur II
Pincode 723145
Area (hectares) 169.64 hectares
Population 818
Male Population 440
Female Population 378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
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 Salgora compares

By the 2011 count Salgora is the 46th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 169.64 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 960.

Getting to Salgora

Salgora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salgora 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. The nearest villages by name are Rangataur, Ratanpur, Raybandh and Ruknibera. 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 Salgora

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgora village had a population of 818. That makes it the 46th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Salgora village has 440 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgora has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Salgora is 723145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgora covers 169.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salgora falls under Raghunathpur II tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Salgora notes the nearest railway station 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 Salgora.

Salgora is in Raghunathpur II tehsil of Puruliya 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 Salgora today is likely to be higher.

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