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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Salwe is a village in Garu mandal, Latehar district, Jharkhand, with 478 people across 99 households. The village has a literacy rate of 50.2% and is located at 23.607°N, 84.289°E with PIN code 822102.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHHOTNI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 367150
- Pincode
- 822102
- Post office
- Daltonganj Collage
- Population
- 478
- Households
- 99
- Literacy rate
- 50.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1052 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 207
- Distance to district centre
- 156 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 115 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 108 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 432 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kumandih · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Sub Health Centre Saryu Latehar · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Salwe compares
By population, Salwe ranks #24 of 74 villages in Garu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.2%
+4.6% vs mandal average
- Salwe
- 50.2%
- Garu mandal
- 45.6%
- Latehar district
- 48.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,052
+64 vs mandal average
- Salwe
- 1,052
- Garu mandal
- 988
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Salwe
- 4.8
- Garu mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salwe at a glance
Salwe is a village of 478 people in 99 households (Census 2011) in Garu block, Latehar district, Jharkhand, the 24th-largest of 74 villages in Garu block. Literacy is 50%, 5 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,052 women per 1,000 men. It lies 156 km from the Latehar district centre, 19 km from Kumandih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822102, served by Daltonganj Collage post office; the LGD village code is 367150. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Sub Health Centre Saryu Latehar, 9 km away. The sarpanch is CHHOTNI DEVI, and the village votes in Barkagaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Roshan Lal Choudhary. The population is estimated at 564 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Salwe
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LATEHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 132
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KOTAM
- Total area (ha)
- 531
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 368.96
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Salwe
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Salwe
- LGD code
- 367150
- Pincode
- 822102
- Post office
- Daltonganj Collage
- Population (Census 2011)
- 478
- Population (projected 2026)
- 564
- Households
- 99
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1052
- Literacy rate
- 50.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.60692°N, 84.28889°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barkagaon
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Roshan Lal Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHHOTNI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Garu
- Nearest police station
- Pithoria Police Station (103.3 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Hundur Halt (114.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Salwe
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi108 kmcapital
- Kolkata432 km
- Delhi899 km
- Hyderabad918 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKumandih19 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Sub Health Centre Saryu Latehar9 km
- CollegeGanesh Lal Aggrawal College52 km
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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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