About Salkhand Village

Salkhand is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,545, made up of 743 males and 802 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 501.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salkhand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkhand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	501.62 hectares
Population	1,545
Male Population	743
Female Population	802
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salkhand compares

By the 2011 count Salkhand is the 14th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 501.62 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Salkhand

Salkhand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salkhand as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Salkhand from other places

Salkhand lies about 92 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 57 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 Salkhand
Nearest town	Saraipali	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	25 km
Nearest railway station	Baradwar	57 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	92 km

Villages closest to Salkhand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkhand village had a population of 1,545. That makes it the 14th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Salkhand village has 743 males and 802 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkhand has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Salkhand is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salkhand covers 501.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salkhand falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salkhand is Baradwar, about 57 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 10+ km distance for Salkhand.

Salkhand is about 92 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salkhand is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 25 km away. Basna is about 25 km away. Baradwar is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.