Salgaon | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Salgaon Location in Jharkhand, India  Salgaon Salgaon (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°59′48″N 85°18′53″E / 23.9967°N 85.3148°E | |
| 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 |
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[edit | edit source]
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Location[edit | edit source]
Salgaon is located at 23°59′48″N 85°18′53″E / 23.9967°N 85.3148°E.
Gonda Dam[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Water Dams in Jharkhand". Gonda Dam. Jharkhandinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ↑ "Report on Asian Waterbird Census (AWC 2016), Jharkhand". Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Google maps