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About Salakot Village

Salakot is a mid sized village in Raipur tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,714, made up of 884 males and 830 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salakot village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Pali
Tehsil Raipur
Pincode 306102
Area (hectares) 319 hectares
Population 1,714
Male Population 884
Female Population 830
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salakot compares

By the 2011 count Salakot is the 36th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 319 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 972.

Getting to Salakot

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

How far is Salakot from other places

Salakot lies about 103 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Amarpura, about 2.4 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 Salakot
Nearest railway station Amarpura 2.4 km
Nearest town Beāwar 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Raipur 27 km
District headquarters Pali 103 km

Villages closest to Salakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salakot village had a population of 1,714. That makes it the 36th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Salakot village has 884 males and 830 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salakot has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Salakot is 306102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salakot covers 319 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salakot falls under Raipur tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Salakot is Amarpura, about 2.4 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 <5 km distance for Salakot.

Salakot is about 103 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salakot is in Raipur tehsil of Pali district. Amarpura is about 2.4 km away. Beāwar is about 5.5 km away. Raipur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Devnagar (under 2 km), Chang (under 2 km) and Baripol (under 2 km).

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

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