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About Salchapra Grant Village

Salchapra Grant is a mid sized village in Silchar tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 971, made up of 509 males and 462 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.76 hectares hectares.

Salchapra Grant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salchapra Grant village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Silchar
Area (hectares) 101.76 hectares
Population 971
Male Population 509
Female Population 462
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salchapra Grant compares

By the 2011 count Salchapra Grant is the 146th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents. Its 101.76 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Salchapra Grant

The census records public bus service for Salchapra Grant as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Salchapra Grant from other places

Salchapra Grant lies about 26 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Badarpur Junction, about under 2 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 Salchapra Grant
Nearest railway station Badarpur Junction under 2 km
Nearest town Karīmganj 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Silchar 25 km
District headquarters Cachar 26 km

Villages closest to Salchapra Grant

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Silchar 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 Salchapra Grant

As per the Census of India 2011, Salchapra Grant village had a population of 971. That makes it the 146th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents.

Salchapra Grant village has 509 males and 462 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salchapra Grant has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Salchapra Grant covers 101.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salchapra Grant falls under Silchar tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Salchapra Grant is Badarpur Junction, about under 2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Salchapra Grant.

Salchapra Grant is about 26 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salchapra Grant is in Silchar tehsil of Cachar district. Badarpur Junction is about under 2 km away. Karīmganj is about 20 km away. Silchar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salchapra Pt I (under 2 km), Salchapra Pt Ii (under 2 km) and Salchapra Pt Iii (under 2 km).

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

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