About Salur Village

Salur is a small village in Narasimharajapura tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 281, made up of 144 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 860.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Narasimharajapura
Pincode	577134
Area (hectares)	860.62 hectares
Population	281
Male Population	144
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salur compares

By the 2011 count Salur is the 50th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents. Its 860.62 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 well below the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Salur

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

Salur lies about 36 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bellenahalli, about 30 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 Salur
Tehsil headquarters	Narasimharajapura	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Bellenahalli	30 km
Nearest town	Tarikere	32 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	36 km

Villages closest to Salur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salur village had a population of 281. That makes it the 50th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents.

Salur village has 144 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salur has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Salur is 577134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salur covers 860.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salur falls under Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Salur is Bellenahalli, about 30 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 Salur.

Salur is about 36 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salur is in Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Narasimharajapura is about 7.2 km away. Bellenahalli is about 30 km away. Tarikere is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.