About Samlur Village

Samlur is a mid sized village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,600, made up of 815 males and 785 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 666.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samlur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samlur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494441
Area (hectares)	666.59 hectares
Population	1,600
Male Population	815
Female Population	785
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samlur compares

By the 2011 count Samlur is the 10th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 666.59 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Samlur

Samlur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Samlur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Samlur from other places

Samlur lies about 29 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 9.1 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 Samlur
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	9.9 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	29 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	32 km

Villages closest to Samlur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Samlur village had a population of 1,600. That makes it the 10th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Samlur village has 815 males and 785 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samlur has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1034.

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

Samlur covers 666.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samlur falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Samlur is Dantewara, about 9.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Samlur.

Samlur is about 29 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samlur is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewara is about 9.1 km away. Gidam is about 9.9 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.