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Six drown in river during immersion of tree branch worshipped in Jharkhand's tribal festival Karam
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
dharmendra pahariya
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- LGD code
- 357874
- Pincode
- 814156
- Post office
- Sarouni Bazar
- Population
- 141
- Households
- 29
- Literacy rate
- 10.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1311 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 83
Census 2011 · in context
How Salgama compares
By population, Salgama ranks #118 of 280 villages in Sundarpahari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
10.6%
−25.4% vs mandal average
- Salgama
- 10.6%
- Sundarpahari mandal
- 36.0%
- Godda district
- 46.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,311
+322 vs mandal average
- Salgama
- 1,311
- Sundarpahari mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Salgama
- 4.9
- Sundarpahari mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salgama at a glance
Salgama is a village of 141 people in 29 households (Census 2011) in Sundarpahari block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 118th-largest of 280 villages in Sundarpahari block. Literacy is 11%, 25 points below the block average of 36% and the sex ratio is 1,311 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814156, served by Sarouni Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 357874. The sarpanch is dharmendra pahariya, and the village votes in Poreyahat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Yadav. The population is estimated at 166 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bara Paktari →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salgama · this village | 141 | 11% | — |
| Bara Palma · Sundarpahari | 306 | 7% | — |
| Telopara · Sundarpahari | 297 | 12% | — |
| Chamer · Sundarpahari | 287 | 29% | — |
| Bara Paktari · Sundarpahari | 278 | 0% | — |
| Garsingla (Malikundi) · Sundarpahari | 247 | 45% | — |
| Rajabhita · Sundarpahari | 239 | 35% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Salgama
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GODDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARA PAKTARI
- Total area (ha)
- 104.89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Salgama
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Salgama
- LGD code
- 357874
- Pincode
- 814156
- Post office
- Sarouni Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 141
- Population (projected 2026)
- 166
- Households
- 29
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1311
- Literacy rate
- 10.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Godda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Poreyahat
- Member of Parliament
- Nishikant Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradeep Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- dharmendra pahariya
- Block / Mandal
- Sundarpahari
- Nearest PHC
- Medical Clinic (8.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Poreyahat (9.4 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 814156
- GhatiariSundarpahari mandal2,536 pop
- BansjoriSundarpahari mandal2,529 pop
- Bara DhamniSundarpahari mandal2,408 pop
- Mahua TanrSundarpahari mandal2,201 pop
- ChandnaSundarpahari mandal1,491 pop
- Chhota DhamniSundarpahari mandal1,450 pop
- KarmatanrSundarpahari mandal1,403 pop
- Sundar MaurSundarpahari mandal1,180 pop
- TasriaSundarpahari mandal1,131 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Salgama
Other villages in Sundarpahari mandal
View all 60+ →- Ghatiari
- Bansjori
- Bara Dhamni
- Mahua Tanr
- Chandna
- Chhota Dhamni
- Karmatanr
- Sundar Maur
- Tasria
- Tilabad
- Bara Puro
- Bara Kalhajor
- Bara Sinddri
- Kauadhab
- Sundar Pahari
- Dhamni Bazar
- Jiyajori
- Mohanpur
- Susni
- Kheribari
- Rampur
- Paharpur
- Kusmaha
- Jitpur
- Longidih
- Chhota Kalhajor
- Telbhita
- Damruhat
- Goradih
- Tesuba Than
- Paharpur
- Tilaipara
- Bokrabandh
- Baigani
- Kairojori(Chhota)
- Bhaluka
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)