About Salkheda Village

Salkheda is a mid sized village in Kukshi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,117, made up of 576 males and 541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.31 hectares hectares.

Salkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkheda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Kukshi
Area (hectares)	299.31 hectares
Population	1,117
Male Population	576
Female Population	541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Salkheda compares

By the 2011 count Salkheda is the 109th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 299.31 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 999.

Getting to Salkheda

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

How far is Salkheda from other places

Salkheda lies about 64 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Road, about 33 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
Tehsil headquarters	Kukshi	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Tanda Road	33 km
District headquarters	Dhar	64 km

Villages closest to Salkheda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kukshi 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 1,117. That makes it the 109th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Salkheda village has 576 males and 541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkheda has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Salkheda covers 299.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salkheda falls under Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salkheda is Tanda Road, about 33 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 village for Salkheda.

Salkheda is about 64 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salkheda is in Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district. Kukshi is about 7.7 km away. Tanda Road is about 33 km away. Dhar is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.