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About Salonepur Village

Salonepur is a large village in Hussainganj tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,923, made up of 1,562 males and 1,361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.68 hectares hectares.

Salonepur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salonepur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Hussainganj
Area (hectares) 96.68 hectares
Population 2,923
Male Population 1,562
Female Population 1,361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salonepur compares

By the 2011 count Salonepur is the 24th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,062 residents. Its 96.68 hectares work out to about 30 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 969.

Getting to Salonepur

Salonepur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Salonepur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salonepur from other places

Salonepur lies about 3.6 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Siwan Junction, about 2.9 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 Salonepur
Nearest railway station Siwan Junction 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Hussainganj 3.6 km
District headquarters Siwan 3.6 km
Nearest town Siwān 3.6 km

Villages closest to Salonepur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salonepur village had a population of 2,923. That makes it the 24th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,062 residents.

Salonepur village has 1,562 males and 1,361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salonepur has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Salonepur covers 96.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Salonepur falls under Hussainganj tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Salonepur is Siwan Junction, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Salonepur is about 3.6 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salonepur is in Hussainganj tehsil of Siwan district. Siwan Junction is about 2.9 km away. Hussainganj is about 3.6 km away. Siwan is about 3.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gosopali (under 2 km), Partappur (under 2 km) and Renua (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Salonepur today is likely to be higher.

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