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About Salaiya Village

Salaiya is a mid sized village in Bichhiya tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 598, made up of 293 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368 hectares hectares.

Salaiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salaiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Bichhiya
Area (hectares) 368 hectares
Population 598
Male Population 293
Female Population 305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Salaiya compares

By the 2011 count Salaiya is the 159th largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 744 residents. Its 368 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

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 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salaiya from other places

Salaiya lies about 104 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Sihora Road, about 11 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 town Sihorā 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Bichhiya 11 km
Nearest railway station Sihora Road 11 km
District headquarters Mandla 104 km

Villages closest to Salaiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bichhiya 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 598. That makes it the 159th largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 744 residents.

Salaiya village has 293 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salaiya has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Salaiya covers 368 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 Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salaiya is Sihora Road, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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 104 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salaiya is in Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district. Sihorā is about 10 km away. Bichhiya is about 11 km away. Sihora Road is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagli (5.1 km), Simaiya Bhagpur F V (7.0 km) and Simariya (7.0 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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