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By population, Salkhua ranks #135 of 176 villages in Pratappur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salkhua is a village of 171 people in 30 households (Census 2011) in Pratappur block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 135th-largest of 176 villages in Pratappur block. Literacy is 59%, 16 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 988 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 825404, served by Pratappur (Chatra) post office; the LGD village code is 348447. The sarpanch is SUNITA KUMARI, and the village votes in Barkatha assembly constituency, represented by Amit Kumar Yadav. The population is estimated at 202 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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