About Salkani Village

Salkani is a mid sized village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 863, made up of 459 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275.56 hectares hectares.

Salkani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkani village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Goharganj
Area (hectares)	275.56 hectares
Population	863
Male Population	459
Female Population	404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salkani compares

By the 2011 count Salkani is the 59th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 275.56 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 911.

Getting to Salkani

Salkani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salkani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salkani from other places

Salkani lies about 35 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Itayakalan, about 6.4 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 Salkani
Nearest railway station	Itayakalan	6.4 km
Nearest town	Ubaidullāhganj	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goharganj	8.3 km
District headquarters	Raisen	35 km

Villages closest to Salkani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkani village had a population of 863. That makes it the 59th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Salkani village has 459 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkani has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

Salkani covers 275.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salkani falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salkani is Itayakalan, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salkani.

Salkani is about 35 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salkani is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Itayakalan is about 6.4 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 7.3 km away. Goharganj is about 8.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.