About Salepal Village

Salepal is a small village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 70 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 682.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salepal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salepal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Lohandiguda
Pincode	494441
Area (hectares)	682.27 hectares
Population	141
Male Population	70
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salepal compares

By the 2011 count Salepal is the 78th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 682.27 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Salepal

Salepal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salepal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Salepal from other places

Salepal lies about 22 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kumhar Maranga, 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 Salepal
Nearest railway station	Kumhar Maranga	2.9 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	11 km
District headquarters	Bastar	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohandiguda	25 km

Villages closest to Salepal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salepal village had a population of 141. That makes it the 78th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Salepal village has 70 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salepal has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Salepal is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salepal covers 682.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salepal falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salepal is Kumhar Maranga, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Salepal.

Salepal is about 22 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salepal is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Kumhar Maranga is about 2.9 km away. Jagdalpur is about 11 km away. Bastar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.