About Salaka Village

Salaka is a small village in Mat tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 383, made up of 200 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.77 hectares hectares.

Salaka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaka village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mathura
Tehsil	Mat
Area (hectares)	121.77 hectares
Population	383
Male Population	200
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salaka compares

By the 2011 count Salaka is the 176th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,140 residents. Its 121.77 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Salaka

Salaka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salaka 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salaka from other places

Salaka lies about 40 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Chata, about 25 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 Salaka
Nearest town	Khair	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mat	25 km
Nearest railway station	Chata	25 km
District headquarters	Mathura	40 km

Villages closest to Salaka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salaka village had a population of 383. That makes it the 176th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,140 residents.

Salaka village has 200 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaka has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 883.

Salaka covers 121.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salaka falls under Mat tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salaka is Chata, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salaka.

Salaka is about 40 km from Mathura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salaka is in Mat tehsil of Mathura district. Khair is about 17 km away. Mat is about 25 km away. Chata is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.