About Salempur Village

Salempur is a mid sized village in Hulasganj tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,269, made up of 653 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227 hectares hectares.

How Salempur compares

By the 2011 count Salempur is the 29th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,983 residents. Its 227 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 921.

Getting to Salempur

Salempur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Salempur 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 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 17 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Makhdumpur Gaya, about 9.2 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.

Villages closest to Salempur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hulasganj tehsil.

• Kewla 22 km
• Godiha 22 km
• Dadpur 22 km
• Bira 23 km
• Jaru 23 km
• Dhol Bigha 23 km

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.