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About Garhi Salampur Village

Garhi Salampur is a mid sized village in Chinour tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 937, made up of 497 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 514.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 475112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Salampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi Salampur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Gwalior
Tehsil Chinour
Pincode 475112
Area (hectares) 514.58 hectares
Population 937
Male Population 497
Female Population 440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
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 Garhi Salampur compares

By the 2011 count Garhi Salampur is the 33rd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 514.58 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Garhi Salampur

Garhi Salampur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garhi Salampur 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 Garhi Salampur from other places

Garhi Salampur lies about 33 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Antri, about 18 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 Garhi Salampur
Nearest railway station Antri 18 km
Nearest town Dabra 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Chinour 33 km
District headquarters Gwalior 33 km

Villages closest to Garhi Salampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chinour 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 Garhi Salampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi Salampur village had a population of 937. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Garhi Salampur village has 497 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi Salampur has about 885 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 864.

The pincode recorded for Garhi Salampur is 475112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi Salampur covers 514.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garhi Salampur falls under Chinour tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garhi Salampur is Antri, about 18 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 Garhi Salampur.

Garhi Salampur is about 33 km from Gwalior in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi Salampur is in Chinour tehsil of Gwalior district. Antri is about 18 km away. Dabra is about 27 km away. Chinour 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 Kishorgarh (under 2 km), Bhadeshwar (1.7 km) and Tekpur (1.7 km).

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

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