About Salkiana Village

Salkiana is a mid sized village in Phillaur tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,410, made up of 734 males and 676 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144415, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salkiana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkiana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Pincode	144415
Area (hectares)	360 hectares
Population	1,410
Male Population	734
Female Population	676
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salkiana compares

By the 2011 count Salkiana is the 73rd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents. Its 360 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Salkiana

Salkiana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salkiana as Available within village. 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 Salkiana from other places

Salkiana lies about 58 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 13 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 Salkiana
Nearest railway station	Rahon	13 km
Nearest town	Sānehwāl	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phillaur	23 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	58 km

Villages closest to Salkiana

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

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Common questions about Salkiana

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkiana village had a population of 1,410. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents.

Salkiana village has 734 males and 676 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkiana has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Salkiana is 144415. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salkiana covers 360 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salkiana falls under Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Salkiana is Rahon, about 13 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 village for Salkiana.

Salkiana is about 58 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salkiana is in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district. Rahon is about 13 km away. Sānehwāl is about 14 km away. Phillaur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.