About Salkani Village

Salkani is a small village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 182 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 736 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salkani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkani village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581402
Area (hectares)	182.33 hectares
Population	316
Male Population	182
Female Population	134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	736
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salkani compares

By the 2011 count Salkani is the 138th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 182.33 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Salkani

Salkani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salkani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Salkani from other places

Salkani lies about 18 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 36 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 Salkani
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	13 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	18 km
Nearest railway station	Mirjan	36 km

Villages closest to Salkani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkani village had a population of 316. That makes it the 138th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Salkani village has 182 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkani has about 736 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Salkani is 581402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salkani covers 182.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salkani falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Salkani is Mirjan, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance for Salkani.

Salkani is about 18 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salkani is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 13 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 18 km away. Mirjan is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.