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About Salkhed Village

Salkhed is a small village in Akot tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 118, made up of 55 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,145 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.84 hectares hectares.

Salkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkhed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Akot
Area (hectares) 87.84 hectares
Population 118
Male Population 55
Female Population 63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,145
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salkhed compares

By the 2011 count Salkhed is the 132nd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 87.84 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 958.

Getting to Salkhed

The census records public bus service for Salkhed as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salkhed from other places

Salkhed lies about 24 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Gandhi Smrak Road, about 6.2 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 Salkhed
Nearest railway station Gandhi Smrak Road 6.2 km
Nearest town Telhāra 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Akot 21 km
District headquarters Akola 24 km

Villages closest to Salkhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkhed village had a population of 118. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Salkhed village has 55 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkhed has about 1145 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Salkhed covers 87.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salkhed falls under Akot tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Salkhed is Gandhi Smrak Road, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Salkhed.

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

Salkhed is in Akot tehsil of Akola district. Gandhi Smrak Road is about 6.2 km away. Telhāra is about 20 km away. Akot is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajurwadi (under 2 km), Agaskhed (under 2 km) and Takli Bk (under 2 km).

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

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