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About Salashi Village

Salashi is a large village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,244, made up of 1,689 males and 1,555 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 695 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salashi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salashi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Shahuwadi
Pincode 416213
Area (hectares) 695 hectares
Population 3,244
Male Population 1,689
Female Population 1,555
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salashi compares

By the 2011 count Salashi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 695 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Salashi

Salashi 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 Salashi 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 within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salashi from other places

Salashi lies about 28 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 28 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 Salashi
Tehsil headquarters Shahuwadi 11 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 28 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 28 km

Villages closest to Salashi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salashi village had a population of 3,244. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Salashi village has 1,689 males and 1,555 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salashi has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Salashi is 416213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salashi covers 695 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salashi falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Salashi is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 28 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Salashi.

Salashi is about 28 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salashi is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 11 km away. Kolhapur is about 28 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Supatre (2.0 km), Bambavade (2.4 km) and Warewadi (2.6 km).

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

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