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About Salakana Village

Salakana is a small village in Korai tehsil, in the district of Jajapur, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 159 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 755022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salakana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salakana village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Jajapur
Tehsil Korai
Pincode 755022
Area (hectares) 70 hectares
Population 322
Male Population 159
Female Population 163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salakana compares

By the 2011 count Salakana is the 55th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 648 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Salakana

Salakana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salakana 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 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Purbakote, Ragadi, Ranasarapur and Routpada. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Salakana

As per the Census of India 2011, Salakana village had a population of 322. That makes it the 55th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 648 residents.

Salakana village has 159 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salakana has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Salakana is 755022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salakana covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salakana falls under Korai tehsil of Jajapur district in Odisha.

The census record for Salakana notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Salakana.

Salakana is in Korai tehsil of Jajapur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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