About Salkheda Village

Salkheda is a mid sized village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,376, made up of 687 males and 689 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.45 hectares hectares.

Salkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkheda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Barwani
Tehsil	Rajpur
Area (hectares)	317.45 hectares
Population	1,376
Male Population	687
Female Population	689
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salkheda compares

By the 2011 count Salkheda is the 55th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents. Its 317.45 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Salkheda

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

Salkheda lies about 39 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Jobat, about 15 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 Salkheda
Nearest railway station	Jobat	15 km
Nearest town	Kukshi	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	30 km
District headquarters	Barwani	39 km

Villages closest to Salkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkheda village had a population of 1,376. That makes it the 55th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents.

Salkheda village has 687 males and 689 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkheda has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

Salkheda covers 317.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salkheda falls under Rajpur tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salkheda is Jobat, about 15 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 village for Salkheda.

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

Salkheda is in Rajpur tehsil of Barwani district. Jobat is about 15 km away. Kukshi is about 15 km away. Rajpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.