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About Salempur Village

Salempur is a small village in Madanpur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 262 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 802 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44 hectares hectares.

Salempur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salempur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Madanpur
Area (hectares) 44 hectares
Population 472
Male Population 262
Female Population 210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 802
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 Salempur compares

By the 2011 count Salempur is the 100th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,751 residents. Its 44 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Salempur

Salempur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salempur 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 Salempur from other places

Salempur lies about 16 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dev Road Halt, about 9.4 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 Salempur
Nearest railway station Dev Road Halt 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Madanpur 11 km
Nearest town Rafiganj 13 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 16 km

Villages closest to Salempur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salempur village had a population of 472. That makes it the 100th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,751 residents.

Salempur village has 262 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salempur has about 802 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Salempur covers 44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salempur falls under Madanpur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Salempur is Dev Road Halt, about 9.4 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 Salempur.

Salempur is about 16 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salempur is in Madanpur tehsil of Aurangabad district. Dev Road Halt is about 9.4 km away. Madanpur is about 11 km away. Rafiganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghosta (under 2 km), Misir Khap (under 2 km) and War Tola Bahrikhap (under 2 km).

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

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