About Salhana Village

Salhana is a mid sized village in Badwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 806, made up of 435 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 418.63 hectares hectares.

Salhana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhana village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Badwara
Area (hectares)	418.63 hectares
Population	806
Male Population	435
Female Population	371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Salhana compares

By the 2011 count Salhana is the 51st largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 993 residents. Its 418.63 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Salhana

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

How far is Salhana from other places

Salhana lies about 24 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salhana, about under 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 Salhana
Nearest railway station	Salhana	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Badwara	24 km
District headquarters	Katni	24 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	24 km

Villages closest to Salhana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhana village had a population of 806. That makes it the 51st largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 993 residents.

Salhana village has 435 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhana has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Salhana covers 418.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salhana falls under Badwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salhana is Salhana, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Salhana is about 24 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salhana is in Badwara tehsil of Katni district. Salhana is about under 2 km away. Badwara is about 24 km away. Katni is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.