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About Salempur Village

Salempur is a small village in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 44 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81 hectares hectares.

Salempur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salempur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Buxar
Tehsil Simri
Area (hectares) 81 hectares
Population 90
Male Population 44
Female Population 46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
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 77th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 81 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

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 32 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Bansdih Road, about 5.4 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 Bansdih Road 5.4 km
Nearest town Bānsdīh 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Simri 19 km
District headquarters Buxar 32 km

Villages closest to Salempur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri 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 90. That makes it the 77th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Salempur village has 44 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salempur has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Salempur covers 81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salempur falls under Simri tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Salempur is Bansdih Road, about 5.4 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 32 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salempur is in Simri tehsil of Buxar district. Bansdih Road is about 5.4 km away. Bānsdīh is about 10 km away. Simri is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gopalpur (5.2 km), Rampur (6.4 km) and Belarpur (7.0 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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