About Salempur Village

Salempur is a mid sized village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,080, made up of 566 males and 514 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares.

Salempur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salempur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Gaunaha
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	1,080
Male Population	566
Female Population	514
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salempur compares

By the 2011 count Salempur is the 62nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

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 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 29 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 4.6 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
Tehsil headquarters	Gaunaha	2.1 km
Nearest railway station	Bhitiharwa Ashram	4.6 km
Nearest town	Rāmnagar	15 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	29 km

Villages closest to Salempur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salempur village had a population of 1,080. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Salempur village has 566 males and 514 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salempur has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Salempur covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salempur falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Salempur is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Salempur.

Salempur is about 29 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salempur is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Gaunaha is about 2.1 km away. Bhitiharwa Ashram is about 4.6 km away. Rāmnagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.