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About Salaiya Village

Salaiya is a mid sized village in Bada Malhera tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 660, made up of 326 males and 334 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 406.21 hectares hectares.

Salaiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Bada Malhera
Area (hectares) 406.21 hectares
Population 660
Male Population 326
Female Population 334
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Salaiya compares

By the 2011 count Salaiya is the 52nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 406.21 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Salaiya

Salaiya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salaiya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salaiya from other places

Salaiya lies about 55 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tila, about 33 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 Salaiya
Tehsil headquarters Bada Malhera 7.6 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 27 km
Nearest railway station Tila 33 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 55 km

Villages closest to Salaiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bada Malhera 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 Salaiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Salaiya village had a population of 660. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Salaiya village has 326 males and 334 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaiya has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 878.

Salaiya covers 406.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salaiya falls under Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salaiya is Tila, about 33 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salaiya.

Salaiya is about 55 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salaiya is in Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bada Malhera is about 7.6 km away. Bijāwar is about 27 km away. Tila is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barma (under 2 km), Dharampura (1.8 km) and Sedhpa (1.8 km).

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

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