About Salhna Village

Salhna is a small village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 122 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.37 hectares hectares.

Salhna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhna village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Bahoriband
Area (hectares)	207.37 hectares
Population	255
Male Population	122
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Salhna compares

By the 2011 count Salhna is the 141st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 207.37 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Salhna

Salhna 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 Salhna as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Salhna from other places

Salhna lies about 26 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Sleemanabad Road, about 16 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 Salhna
Tehsil headquarters	Bahoriband	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sleemanabad Road	16 km
District headquarters	Katni	26 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	26 km

Villages closest to Salhna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhna village had a population of 255. That makes it the 141st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Salhna village has 122 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhna has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Salhna covers 207.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salhna falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salhna is Sleemanabad Road, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Salhna.

Salhna is about 26 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salhna is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Bahoriband is about 12 km away. Sleemanabad Road is about 16 km away. Katni is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.