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About Salon Muhal Village

Salon Muhal is a mid sized village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 615, made up of 318 males and 297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 650.37 hectares hectares.

Salon Muhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salon Muhal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Chanderi
Area (hectares) 650.37 hectares
Population 615
Male Population 318
Female Population 297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 934
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Salon Muhal compares

By the 2011 count Salon Muhal is the 88th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 650.37 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Salon Muhal

Salon Muhal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Salon Muhal 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salon Muhal from other places

Salon Muhal lies about 25 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Piprai Gaon, about 16 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 Salon Muhal
Nearest railway station Piprai Gaon 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanderi 19 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 25 km

Villages closest to Salon Muhal

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

Common questions about Salon Muhal

As per the Census of India 2011, Salon Muhal village had a population of 615. That makes it the 88th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Salon Muhal village has 318 males and 297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salon Muhal has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

Salon Muhal covers 650.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salon Muhal falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salon Muhal is Piprai Gaon, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Salon Muhal is about 25 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salon Muhal is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Piprai Gaon is about 16 km away. Chanderi is about 19 km away. Ashoknagar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Laloi Tanka (under 2 km), Besra (3.0 km) and Thobon (3.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Salon Muhal today is likely to be higher.

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