About Salikalan Village

Salikalan is a large village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,016, made up of 1,508 males and 1,508 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1462.04 hectares hectares.

Salikalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salikalan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Barwani
Tehsil	Rajpur
Area (hectares)	1462.04 hectares
Population	3,016
Male Population	1,508
Female Population	1,508
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Salikalan compares

By the 2011 count Salikalan is the 13th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents. Its 1462.04 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 Salikalan

Salikalan 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 Salikalan 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salikalan from other places

Salikalan lies about 57 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Alirajpur, about 14 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 Salikalan
Nearest railway station	Alirajpur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	14 km
District headquarters	Barwani	57 km

Villages closest to Salikalan

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 Salikalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Salikalan village had a population of 3,016. That makes it the 13th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents.

Salikalan village has 1,508 males and 1,508 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

Salikalan covers 1462.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Salikalan is Alirajpur, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Salikalan is about 57 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salikalan is in Rajpur tehsil of Barwani district. Alirajpur is about 14 km away. Rajpur is about 14 km away. Barwani is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.