About Salgaon Village

Salgaon is a large village in Mundgod tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,474, made up of 1,747 males and 1,727 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1219.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581349, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgaon village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Mundgod
Pincode	581349
Area (hectares)	1219.97 hectares
Population	3,474
Male Population	1,747
Female Population	1,727
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salgaon compares

By the 2011 count Salgaon is the 6th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents. Its 1219.97 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Salgaon

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

How far is Salgaon from other places

Salgaon lies about 59 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kalsur, about 39 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 Salgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Mundgod	5.5 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kalsur	39 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	59 km

Villages closest to Salgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgaon village had a population of 3,474. That makes it the 6th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents.

Salgaon village has 1,747 males and 1,727 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgaon has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Salgaon is 581349. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgaon covers 1219.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salgaon falls under Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Salgaon is Kalsur, about 39 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salgaon.

Salgaon is about 59 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salgaon is in Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Mundgod is about 5.5 km away. Hāngal is about 20 km away. Kalsur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.