Salchatra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Salchatra is a very small village in Mohammad Bazar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal. It has a population of 5 in 2 households with a literacy rate of 60%.
By population, Salchatra ranks #136 of 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salchatra is a village of 5 people in 2 households (Census 2011) in Mohammad Bazar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 136th-largest of 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar block. Literacy is 60%, 4 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 667 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Birbhum district centre, 28 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 16 km from Harinsing railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731127, served by Md.Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 316793. The nearest hospital or health centre is Srikantapur Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is MANIMALA DAS, and the village votes in Sainthia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krishna Kanta Saha. The population is estimated at 6 in 2026, up 20% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kapista →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salchatra · this village | 5 | 60% | — |
| Kusumakandar · Mohammad Bazar | 371 | 32% | 0.7 km NW |
| Kendsarail · Mohammad Bazar | 933 | 55% | 1.1 km SE |
| Dhatrabandi · Mohammad Bazar | 83 | 34% | 1.7 km S |
| Muralpur · Mohammad Bazar | 1,203 | 50% | 2.3 km W |
| Husaipur · Mohammad Bazar | 715 | 59% | 2.8 km S |
| Bhagabandha · Mohammad Bazar | 666 | 61% | 2.7 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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