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About Salmer Village

Salmer is a small village in Palasbari tehsil, in the district of Kamrup, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 132 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.28 hectares hectares.

Salmer Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salmer village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kamrup
Tehsil Palasbari
Area (hectares) 81.28 hectares
Population 253
Male Population 132
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
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 Salmer compares

By the 2011 count Salmer is the 125th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,002 residents. Its 81.28 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, a little below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Salmer

Salmer is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salmer 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. The nearest villages by name are Roumari, Sadilapur, Sajan Para and Salbari F V. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Salmer

As per the Census of India 2011, Salmer village had a population of 253. That makes it the 125th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,002 residents.

Salmer village has 132 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salmer has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 942.

Salmer covers 81.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salmer falls under Palasbari tehsil of Kamrup district in Assam.

The census record for Salmer notes the nearest railway station 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 Salmer.

Salmer is in Palasbari tehsil of Kamrup district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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