About Salekoppa Village

Salekoppa is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 127 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 364.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salekoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salekoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577422
Area (hectares)	364.96 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	127
Female Population	121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salekoppa compares

By the 2011 count Salekoppa is the 169th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 364.96 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1033.

Getting to Salekoppa

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

Salekoppa lies about 40 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 35 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 Salekoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	4.9 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	33 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	35 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	40 km

Villages closest to Salekoppa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salekoppa village had a population of 248. That makes it the 169th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Salekoppa village has 127 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salekoppa has about 953 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 1033.

The pincode recorded for Salekoppa is 577422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salekoppa covers 364.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salekoppa falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Salekoppa is Arasalu, about 35 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 Salekoppa.

Salekoppa is about 40 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salekoppa is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 4.9 km away. Someshwar is about 33 km away. Arasalu is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.