About Salempur Village

Salempur is a large village in Piprakothi tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,342, made up of 1,771 males and 1,571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salempur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salempur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Piprakothi
Pincode	845429
Area (hectares)	122.2 hectares
Population	3,342
Male Population	1,771
Female Population	1,571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salempur compares

By the 2011 count Salempur is the 8th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,854 residents. Its 122.2 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

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 5 - 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 9.9 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, 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 Salempur
Nearest railway station	Jiwdhara	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Piprakothi	5.6 km
Nearest town	Mothīhāri	7.1 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	9.9 km

Villages closest to Salempur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Piprakothi 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 3,342. That makes it the 8th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,854 residents.

Salempur village has 1,771 males and 1,571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salempur has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

The pincode recorded for Salempur is 845429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salempur covers 122.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Salempur falls under Piprakothi tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Salempur is Jiwdhara, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Salempur.

Salempur is about 9.9 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salempur is in Piprakothi tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Jiwdhara is about under 2 km away. Piprakothi is about 5.6 km away. Mothīhāri is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.