About Salakatte Village

Salakatte is a mid sized village in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,393, made up of 696 males and 697 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salakatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salakatte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Chiknayakanhalli
Pincode	572228
Area (hectares)	350.33 hectares
Population	1,393
Male Population	696
Female Population	697
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,001
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salakatte compares

By the 2011 count Salakatte is the 33rd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 350.33 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

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 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 Salakatte from other places

Salakatte lies about 56 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Kardi, about 23 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
Tehsil headquarters	Chiknayakanhalli	6.8 km
Nearest town	Chiknāyakanhalli	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kardi	23 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	56 km

Villages closest to Salakatte

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chiknayakanhalli 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 1,393. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Salakatte village has 696 males and 697 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salakatte has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Salakatte is 572228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salakatte covers 350.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salakatte falls under Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Salakatte is Kardi, about 23 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 Salakatte.

Salakatte is about 56 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salakatte is in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district. Chiknayakanhalli is about 6.8 km away. Chiknāyakanhalli is about 6.8 km away. Kardi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.