About Salamwadi Village

Salamwadi is a mid sized village in Hukeri tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,212, made up of 570 males and 642 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,126 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591243, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salamwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salamwadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Hukeri
Pincode	591243
Area (hectares)	341.78 hectares
Population	1,212
Male Population	570
Female Population	642
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,126
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salamwadi compares

By the 2011 count Salamwadi is the 95th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents. Its 341.78 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Salamwadi

Salamwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salamwadi as Available within village. 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 Salamwadi from other places

Salamwadi lies about 26 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 27 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 Salamwadi
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	18 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	26 km
Nearest railway station	Belagavi	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hukeri	28 km

Villages closest to Salamwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salamwadi village had a population of 1,212. That makes it the 95th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents.

Salamwadi village has 570 males and 642 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salamwadi has about 1126 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Salamwadi is 591243. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salamwadi covers 341.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salamwadi falls under Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Salamwadi is Belagavi, about 27 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Salamwadi.

Salamwadi is about 26 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salamwadi is in Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district. Gadhinglaj is about 18 km away. Belgaum is about 26 km away. Belagavi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.