About Salhekota Village

Salhekota is a mid sized village in Marwahi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,502, made up of 709 males and 793 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,118 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1222.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salhekota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhekota village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Marwahi
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	1222.56 hectares
Population	1,502
Male Population	709
Female Population	793
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,118
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salhekota compares

By the 2011 count Salhekota is the 30th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 1222.56 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Salhekota

Salhekota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salhekota as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salhekota from other places

Salhekota lies about 94 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Venkatnagar, about 14 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 Salhekota
Tehsil headquarters	Marwahi	12 km
Nearest railway station	Venkatnagar	14 km
Nearest town	Pasān	21 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	94 km

Villages closest to Salhekota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Marwahi 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 Salhekota

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhekota village had a population of 1,502. That makes it the 30th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Salhekota village has 709 males and 793 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhekota has about 1118 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Salhekota is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salhekota covers 1222.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salhekota falls under Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salhekota is Venkatnagar, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Salhekota.

Salhekota is about 94 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salhekota is in Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Marwahi is about 12 km away. Venkatnagar is about 14 km away. Pasān is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.