Salgaon

Salgaon
Village
Salgaon Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Salgaon Salgaon (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°59′48″N85°18′53″E / 23.9967°N 85.3148°E / 23.9967; 85.3148 Coordinates: 23°59′48″N85°18′53″E / 23.9967°N 85.3148°E / 23.9967; 85.3148
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,491
Languages (*For language details see Katkamdag (community development block)#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	825302
Telephone/ STD code	06546
Vehicle registration	JH 02
Website	hazaribag.nic.in

Salgaon (also referred to as Salgawan) is a village in the Katkamdag CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Hazaribagh City
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, T: tourist centre, C: educational centre, F: facility
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Location

Salgaon is located at 23°59′48″N85°18′53″E / 23.9967°N 85.3148°E / 23.9967; 85.3148 .

Gonda Dam

Gonda Dam, an irrigation project, is located near Salgaon. The dam, constructed across the Gonda River, was completed in 1954. It is 1006.09 m long and 13.41 m high. ^[1]

As per the Wetlands International Asian Waterbirds Census 2016, there were 603 water birds in Gonda Dam. ^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Salgaon had a total population of 3,491, of which 1,796 (51%) were males and 1,695 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 542. The total number of literate persons in Salgaon was 2,136 (72.43% of the population over 6 years). ^[3]

Transport

Salagaon and Gonda Dam are off Lepo Road and link roads connect Lepo Road to both Gonda Dam and Salgaon. There also are other roads from Hazaribagh. The Koderma-Hazaribagh-Barkakana railway line, running from Katkamsandi to Hazaribagh in this sector, passes in between the Chharwa Dam and Gonda Dam ^[4]

References

1. "Water Dams in Jharkhand". Gonda Dam. Jharkhandinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
2. "Report on Asian Waterbird Census (AWC 2016), Jharkhand" . Retrieved 13 November 2017.
3. "2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
4. Google maps