Skip to main content
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
VoiceOfVillage
Revenue village·Amour block·Purnia

Salta

सल्ता
Amour mandal
Pincode 854315
Verified by Sarpanch
Coming upRishi PanchamiTodayGreetingVishwakarma PujaTomorrowGreetingRadha AshtamiIn 3 daysGreetingBihar calendar →
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

Full profile →
MA
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Md Arshad Hussain
Contact: 72****6851
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Salta can update it.
LGD code
223684
Pincode
854315
Post office
Baisi
Population
2,900
Households
543
Literacy rate
32.1%
Sex ratio
913 ♀/1000♂
Workers
738
Census 2011 · in context

How Salta compares

By population, Salta ranks #36 of 163 villages in Amour mandal.

Literacy rate
%
32.1%
−3.2% vs mandal average
Salta
32.1%
Amour mandal
35.3%
Purnia district
40.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
913
−4 vs mandal average
Salta
913
Amour mandal
917
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.4 vs mandal average
Salta
5.3
Amour mandal
4.9

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

Advertisement

Salta at a glance

Salta is a village of 2,900 people in 543 households (Census 2011) in Amour block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 36th-largest of 163 villages in Amour block. Literacy is 32%, 3 points below the block average of 35% and the sex ratio is 913 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854315, served by Baisi post office; the LGD village code is 223684. The sarpanch is Md Arshad Hussain, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 3,419 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Hafania

Nearby villages compared

Compare side by side →
villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Salta · this village2,90032%
Haphanian · Amour2,56335%
Damraha · Amour2,47646%
Malhna · Amour62743%
Patalwa · Amour59649%

Complete this village · 4/7

Add what you know →
  • Sarpanch name
  • Panchayat contact
  • Pincode
  • About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
  • A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
  • A festival or jatara
  • A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur

Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Salta

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
No
Well water
No
Hand pump
Yes
Tube well / borewell
Yes
Electricity for homes
No
Electricity for farms
No
Power hours (summer)
0
Power hours (winter)
0
Primary school
1
Middle school
1
Secondary school
0
Senior secondary
0
Degree college
0
Primary health centre
0
Health sub-centre
0
Community health centre
0
Dispensary
0
Veterinary hospital
0
Post office
No
Sub post office
No
Commercial bank
No
Cooperative bank
No
ATM
No
Public bus service
No
Private bus service
No
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
No
Anganwadi centre
Yes
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
Yes
Mandi / regular market
Yes
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
PURNIA
Distance to nearest town (km)
54
Distance to district HQ (km)
54
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
17
All-weather road
No
Gram panchayat (2011)
Haphanian
Total area (ha)
133
Irrigated area (ha)
88.7
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

Notice board · Salta

No notices this week

Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Salta

LGD code
223684
Pincode
854315
Post office
Baisi
Population (Census 2011)
2,900
Population (projected 2026)
3,419
Households
543
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
913
Literacy rate
32.1%
Lok Sabha constituency
Purnia
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dhamdaha
Member of Parliament
Pappu Yadav
Member of Legislative Assembly
Leshi Singh
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Md Arshad Hussain
Block / Mandal
Amour
Same pincode

Villages sharing pincode 854315

All villages in 854315 →

Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Salta

Other villages in Amour mandal

View all 60+
Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Advertisement
Advertisement