About Salkod Village

Salkod is a large village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,218, made up of 2,108 males and 2,110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3700.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salkod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkod village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Honavar
Pincode	581334
Area (hectares)	3700.1 hectares
Population	4,218
Male Population	2,108
Female Population	2,110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,001
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salkod compares

By the 2011 count Salkod is the 6th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 3700.1 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Salkod

Salkod is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salkod 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salkod from other places

Salkod lies about 39 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Honnavar, about 7.8 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 Salkod
Tehsil headquarters	Honavar	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Honnavar	7.8 km
Nearest town	Kumta	16 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	39 km

Villages closest to Salkod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkod village had a population of 4,218. That makes it the 6th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Salkod village has 2,108 males and 2,110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkod has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Salkod is 581334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salkod covers 3700.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salkod falls under Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Salkod is Honnavar, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Salkod.

Salkod is about 39 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salkod is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Honavar is about 7.4 km away. Honnavar is about 7.8 km away. Kumta is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.