Salgaon | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Jharkhand#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jharkhand, India |
Coordinates: | 23.9967°N 85.3148°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Jharkhand |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hazaribagh |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 3,491 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages (*For language details see Katkamdag (community development block)#Language and religion) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Urdu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 825302 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone/ STD code |
Area Code: | 06546 |
Registration Plate: | JH 02 |
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.
Salgaon is located at 23.9967°N 85.3148°W.
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]
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]
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]