About Salewada Village

Salewada is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,494, made up of 728 males and 766 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 430.74 hectares hectares.

Salewada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salewada village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	430.74 hectares
Population	1,494
Male Population	728
Female Population	766
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salewada compares

By the 2011 count Salewada is the 29th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 430.74 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Salewada

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

Salewada lies about 66 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 64 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 Salewada
Nearest town	Malajkhand	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	31 km
Nearest railway station	Dhapewara	64 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	66 km

Villages closest to Salewada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salewada village had a population of 1,494. That makes it the 29th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Salewada village has 728 males and 766 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salewada has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Salewada covers 430.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salewada falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salewada is Dhapewara, about 64 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salewada.

Salewada is about 66 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salewada is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 14 km away. Baihar is about 31 km away. Dhapewara is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.