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About Salkanpur Village

Salkanpur is a mid sized village in Rehti tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,854, made up of 1,013 males and 841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 632.17 hectares hectares.

Salkanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkanpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Rehti
Area (hectares) 632.17 hectares
Population 1,854
Male Population 1,013
Female Population 841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 830
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salkanpur compares

By the 2011 count Salkanpur is the 7th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 632.17 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Salkanpur

Salkanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salkanpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salkanpur from other places

Salkanpur lies about 65 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Midghat, about 20 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 Salkanpur
Tehsil headquarters Rehti 4.1 km
Nearest railway station Midghat 20 km
Nearest town Nasrullāhganj 22 km
District headquarters Sehore 65 km

Villages closest to Salkanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkanpur village had a population of 1,854. That makes it the 7th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Salkanpur village has 1,013 males and 841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkanpur has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Salkanpur covers 632.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salkanpur falls under Rehti tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salkanpur is Midghat, about 20 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 village for Salkanpur.

Salkanpur is about 65 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salkanpur is in Rehti tehsil of Sehore district. Rehti is about 4.1 km away. Midghat is about 20 km away. Nasrullāhganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makodia (2.6 km), Maliwayan (2.7 km) and Itarsi (3.2 km).

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

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