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About Semalya Village

Semalya is a mid sized village in Sendhwa tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 318 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.38 hectares hectares.

Semalya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Semalya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Sendhwa
Area (hectares) 258.38 hectares
Population 587
Male Population 318
Female Population 269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Semalya compares

By the 2011 count Semalya is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 258.38 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Semalya

The census records public bus service for Semalya as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Semalya from other places

Semalya lies about 57 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Nardana, about 44 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 Semalya
Tehsil headquarters Sendhwa 19 km
Nearest railway station Nardana 44 km
District headquarters Barwani 57 km

Villages closest to Semalya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Semalya village had a population of 587. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Semalya village has 318 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Semalya has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Semalya covers 258.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Semalya falls under Sendhwa tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Semalya is Nardana, about 44 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Semalya.

Semalya is about 57 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Semalya is in Sendhwa tehsil of Barwani district. Sendhwa is about 19 km away. Nardana is about 44 km away. Barwani is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamanya (8.0 km), Dongargaon (9.3 km) and Bakhatariya (10 km).

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

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