About Salakatte Village

Salakatte is a mid sized village in Harihar tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,945, made up of 1,006 males and 939 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 750.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salakatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salakatte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Harihar
Pincode	577002
Area (hectares)	750.12 hectares
Population	1,945
Male Population	1,006
Female Population	939
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salakatte compares

By the 2011 count Salakatte is the 27th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,155 residents. Its 750.12 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Salakatte

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

Salakatte lies about 10 km from Harihar, and the nearest railway station is Davanagere, about 5.2 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 Salakatte
Nearest railway station	Davanagere	5.2 km
Nearest town	Davangere	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harihar	10 km

Villages closest to Salakatte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salakatte village had a population of 1,945. That makes it the 27th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,155 residents.

Salakatte village has 1,006 males and 939 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salakatte has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Salakatte is 577002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salakatte covers 750.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salakatte falls under Harihar tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Salakatte is Davanagere, about 5.2 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 10+ km distance for Salakatte.

Salakatte is about 10 km from Harihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salakatte is in Harihar tehsil of Davanagere district. Davanagere is about 5.2 km away. Davangere is about 5.9 km away. Harihar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.