# Salaha Village, Garkha, Saran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Garkha, Saran 

# Salaha

Salaha is a village in Garkha sub-district of Saran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,112 people in 349 households**, the 48th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 2,112people (2011)
- 349households
- 75.6%literacy
- 866females per 1,000 males

## Salaha PIN code and other codes

Salaha falls in Garkha sub-district, Saran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatIsmailpur
- Community development blockGarkha
- Census village code234386

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Salaha from nearby towns?

- Garkha (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Chhapra (district HQ)22 km by road
- Chapra (nearest town)23 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Salaha?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Salaha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Mahammadpur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Rampur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Marhaura
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Salaha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 97% of the 189 hectares of village land is sown, and 175 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Salaha

Of every 100 households in Salaha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Salaha · ■ Garkha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****64%**

**57%

Television ****22%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Salaha?

■ Salaha · ■ Garkha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****866**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****741**

**943

Working population ****28.0%**

**26.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 61.4% for women. 44% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 193 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (5%) · **■** Other work 106 (18%) · **■** Marginal 261 (44%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Garkha

- Mura2,332 people
- Dhanaura2,173 people
- Parsa2,158 people
- Pirari2,119 people
- Moharampur2,088 people
- Larhpur2,075 people
- Ismailpur2,048 people
- Maricha2,031 people

[All 113 villages in Garkha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/saran/garkha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Salaha from Chhapra?22 km by road
- What is the population of Salaha?2,112 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salaha in?Saran district (Garkha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Salaha?75.6% (Census 2011)