About Salhunse Village

Salhunse is a small village in Hiriyur tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 294, made up of 152 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577546, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salhunse Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhunse village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hiriyur
Pincode	577546
Area (hectares)	491.54 hectares
Population	294
Male Population	152
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salhunse compares

By the 2011 count Salhunse is the 131st largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents. Its 491.54 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Salhunse

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

Salhunse lies about 16 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Doddasiddavanhalli, about 10 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 Salhunse
Nearest railway station	Doddasiddavanhalli	10 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiriyur	23 km

Villages closest to Salhunse

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhunse village had a population of 294. That makes it the 131st largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents.

Salhunse village has 152 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhunse has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Salhunse is 577546. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salhunse covers 491.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salhunse falls under Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Salhunse is Doddasiddavanhalli, about 10 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 Salhunse.

Salhunse is about 16 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salhunse is in Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district. Doddasiddavanhalli is about 10 km away. Chitradurga is about 16 km away. Hiriyur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.