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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SARITA TIRKEY
Contact: 74****4245
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- LGD code
- 373672
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,902
- Households
- 386
- Literacy rate
- 57.9%
- Sex ratio
- 949 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 794
Census 2011 · in context
How Salhan compares
By population, Salhan ranks #20 of 83 villages in Angara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.9%
+3.1% vs mandal average
- Salhan
- 57.9%
- Angara mandal
- 54.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
949
−35 vs mandal average
- Salhan
- 949
- Angara mandal
- 984
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Salhan
- 4.9
- Angara mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salhan at a glance
Salhan is a village of 1,902 people in 386 households (Census 2011) in Angara block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 20th-largest of 83 villages in Angara block. Literacy is 58%, 3 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373672. The sarpanch is SARITA TIRKEY. The population is estimated at 2,242 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Salhan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 0
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SALHAN
- Total area (ha)
- 453.07
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 12.65
- Forest area (ha)
- 28.67
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Salhan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Salhan
- LGD code
- 373672
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,902
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,242
- Households
- 386
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 949
- Literacy rate
- 57.9%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SARITA TIRKEY
- Block / Mandal
- Angara
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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