About Salmara Village

Salmara is a mid sized village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,793, made up of 949 males and 844 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.8 hectares hectares.

Salmara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salmara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Azamnagar
Area (hectares)	49.8 hectares
Population	1,793
Male Population	949
Female Population	844
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Salmara compares

By the 2011 count Salmara is the 60th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 49.8 hectares work out to about 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Salmara

Salmara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salmara 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salmara from other places

Salmara lies about 28 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Salmari, 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 Salmara
Nearest railway station	Salmari	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Azamnagar	7.9 km
District headquarters	Katihar	28 km

Villages closest to Salmara

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

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Common questions about Salmara

As per the Census of India 2011, Salmara village had a population of 1,793. That makes it the 60th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Salmara village has 949 males and 844 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salmara has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Salmara covers 49.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Salmara falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Salmara is Salmari, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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 Salmara.

Salmara is about 28 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salmara is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Salmari is about under 2 km away. Azamnagar is about 7.9 km away. Katihar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.