About Salethur Village

Salethur is a large village in Bantval tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,698, made up of 1,382 males and 1,316 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 530.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salethur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salethur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Bantval
Pincode	574323
Area (hectares)	530.18 hectares
Population	2,698
Male Population	1,382
Female Population	1,316
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Salethur compares

By the 2011 count Salethur is the 48th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents. Its 530.18 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Salethur

Salethur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Salethur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salethur from other places

Salethur lies about 25 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kalladaka, about 7.3 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 Salethur
Nearest railway station	Kalladaka	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bantval	11 km
Nearest town	Bantvāl	11 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	25 km

Villages closest to Salethur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salethur village had a population of 2,698. That makes it the 48th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents.

Salethur village has 1,382 males and 1,316 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salethur has about 952 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 1020.

The pincode recorded for Salethur is 574323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salethur covers 530.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salethur falls under Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Salethur is Kalladaka, about 7.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salethur.

Salethur is about 25 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salethur is in Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Kalladaka is about 7.3 km away. Bantval is about 11 km away. Bantvāl is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.