About Salige Village

Salige is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,036, made up of 527 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salige Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salige village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577419
Area (hectares)	158.37 hectares
Population	1,036
Male Population	527
Female Population	509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salige compares

By the 2011 count Salige is the 48th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 158.37 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Salige

Salige is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salige 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salige from other places

Salige lies about 90 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 40 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 Salige
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	21 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	40 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	90 km

Villages closest to Salige

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salige village had a population of 1,036. That makes it the 48th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Salige village has 527 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salige has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Salige is 577419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salige covers 158.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salige falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Salige is Kanale, about 40 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salige.

Salige is about 90 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salige is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 21 km away. Hāngal is about 23 km away. Kanale is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.