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About Saleteka Village

Saleteka is a mid sized village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,564, made up of 810 males and 754 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489.1 hectares hectares.

Saleteka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saleteka village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Kirnapur
Area (hectares) 489.1 hectares
Population 1,564
Male Population 810
Female Population 754
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Saleteka compares

By the 2011 count Saleteka is the 46th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 489.1 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Saleteka

Saleteka 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 Saleteka as Available within 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saleteka from other places

Saleteka lies about 13 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Hatta Road, about 2.2 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 Saleteka
Nearest railway station Hatta Road 2.2 km
District headquarters Balaghat 13 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Kirnapur 14 km

Villages closest to Saleteka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saleteka village had a population of 1,564. That makes it the 46th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Saleteka village has 810 males and 754 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saleteka has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1024.

Saleteka covers 489.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saleteka falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saleteka is Hatta Road, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Saleteka is about 13 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saleteka is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Hatta Road is about 2.2 km away. Balaghat is about 13 km away. Bālāghāt is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chikhla (1.6 km), Digoda (2.0 km) and Piparjhari (2.4 km).

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

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