About Salka Village

Salka is a mid sized village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,293, made up of 648 males and 645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 720.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Udaipur
Pincode	496118
Area (hectares)	720.34 hectares
Population	1,293
Male Population	648
Female Population	645
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salka compares

By the 2011 count Salka is the 47th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents. Its 720.34 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Salka

Salka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salka from other places

Salka lies about 128 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 25 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
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipur	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Bishrampur	25 km
Nearest town	Surajpur	28 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	128 km

Villages closest to Salka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Udaipur 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 1,293. That makes it the 47th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents.

Salka village has 648 males and 645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salka has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Salka is 496118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salka covers 720.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salka falls under Udaipur tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salka is Bishrampur, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance for Salka.

Salka is about 128 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salka is in Udaipur tehsil of Raigarh district. Udaipur is about 6.9 km away. Bishrampur is about 25 km away. Surajpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.