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About Salgaon Village

Salgaon is a mid sized village in Abu Road tehsil, in the district of Sirohi, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 554, made up of 362 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 530 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 307501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salgaon village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Sirohi
Tehsil Abu Road
Pincode 307501
Area (hectares) 189 hectares
Population 554
Male Population 362
Female Population 192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 530
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salgaon compares

By the 2011 count Salgaon is the 69th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,667 residents. Its 189 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

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 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 Salgaon from other places

Salgaon lies about 34 km from Sirohi, and the nearest railway station is Kivarli, about 12 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
Nearest town Ābu 2.6 km
Nearest railway station Kivarli 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Abu Road 14 km
District headquarters Sirohi 34 km

Villages closest to Salgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Abu Road 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 554. That makes it the 69th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,667 residents.

Salgaon village has 362 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salgaon has about 530 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Salgaon is 307501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salgaon covers 189 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salgaon falls under Abu Road tehsil of Sirohi district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Salgaon is Kivarli, about 12 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 Salgaon.

Salgaon is about 34 km from Sirohi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salgaon is in Abu Road tehsil of Sirohi district. Ābu is about 2.6 km away. Kivarli is about 12 km away. Abu Road is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Achalgarh (3.2 km), Arna (3.8 km) and Oriya (4.3 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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