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About Saletara Village

Saletara is a large village in Bhander tehsil, in the district of Datia, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,261, made up of 1,220 males and 1,041 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 973 hectares hectares.

Saletara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saletara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Datia
Tehsil Bhander
Area (hectares) 973 hectares
Population 2,261
Male Population 1,220
Female Population 1,041
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 853
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saletara compares

By the 2011 count Saletara is the 10th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 973 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Saletara

Saletara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Saletara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Saletara from other places

Saletara lies about 32 km from Datia, and the nearest railway station is Chirgaon, about 6.0 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 Saletara
Nearest railway station Chirgaon 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhander 13 km
Nearest town Bhānder 13 km
District headquarters Datia 32 km

Villages closest to Saletara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saletara village had a population of 2,261. That makes it the 10th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Saletara village has 1,220 males and 1,041 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saletara has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 876.

Saletara covers 973 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saletara falls under Bhander tehsil of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saletara is Chirgaon, about 6.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Saletara.

Saletara is about 32 km from Datia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saletara is in Bhander tehsil of Datia district. Chirgaon is about 6.0 km away. Bhander is about 13 km away. Bhānder 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 Mustara (2.9 km), Sentol (3.2 km) and Muriya (3.7 km).

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

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