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About Salaiya Village

Salaiya is a large village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,488, made up of 2,366 males and 2,122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1892.59 hectares hectares.

Salaiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 1892.59 hectares
Population 4,488
Male Population 2,366
Female Population 2,122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salaiya compares

By the 2011 count Salaiya is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 1892.59 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Salaiya

Salaiya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Salaiya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Salaiya from other places

Salaiya lies about 22 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ishanagar, about 9.7 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
Nearest railway station Ishanagar 9.7 km
Nearest town Nowgong 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 22 km

Villages closest to Salaiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhatarpur 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 4,488. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Salaiya village has 2,366 males and 2,122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaiya has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Salaiya covers 1892.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Salaiya is Ishanagar, about 9.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Salaiya.

Salaiya is about 22 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 Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Ishanagar is about 9.7 km away. Nowgong is about 16 km away. Chhatarpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhirata (1.6 km), Dauwanka Purwa (3.2 km) and Bandhi Khurd (3.3 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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