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About Salgaon Village

Salgaon is a mid sized village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,410, made up of 653 males and 757 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,159 females per 1000 males. The village covers 501 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Ajra
Pincode 416505
Area (hectares) 501 hectares
Population 1,410
Male Population 653
Female Population 757
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,159
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salgaon compares

By the 2011 count Salgaon is the 22nd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 501 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Salgaon

Salgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salgaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Salgaon from other places

Salgaon lies about 62 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 47 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 Salgaon
Tehsil headquarters Ajra 3.3 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 19 km
Nearest railway station Belagavi 47 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 62 km

Villages closest to Salgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salgaon village had a population of 1,410. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Salgaon village has 653 males and 757 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgaon has about 1159 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

The pincode recorded for Salgaon is 416505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgaon covers 501 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salgaon falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Salgaon is Belagavi, about 47 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Salgaon.

Salgaon is about 62 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salgaon is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 3.3 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 19 km away. Belagavi is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sohale (under 2 km), Bachi (under 2 km) and Bhadawan (2.4 km).

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

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