About Salka Village

Salka is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,195, made up of 590 males and 605 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 563.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Kota
Pincode	492112
Area (hectares)	563.32 hectares
Population	1,195
Male Population	590
Female Population	605
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Salka compares

By the 2011 count Salka is the 54th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 563.32 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Salka

Salka is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Salka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salka from other places

Salka lies about 35 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Salka
Nearest railway station	Salkaroad	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kota	8.0 km
Nearest town	Ratanpur	18 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	35 km

Villages closest to Salka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kota tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Salka

As per the Census of India 2011, Salka village had a population of 1,195. That makes it the 54th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Salka village has 590 males and 605 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salka has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Salka is 492112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salka covers 563.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salka falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salka is Salkaroad, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salka.

Salka is about 35 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salka is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Salkaroad is about under 2 km away. Kota is about 8.0 km away. Ratanpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.