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About Salhepani Village

Salhepani is a mid sized village in Niwas tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 585, made up of 311 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.54 hectares hectares.

Salhepani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhepani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Niwas
Area (hectares) 263.54 hectares
Population 585
Male Population 311
Female Population 274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salhepani compares

By the 2011 count Salhepani is the 87th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 671 residents. Its 263.54 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 1022.

Getting to Salhepani

Salhepani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salhepani as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Salhepani from other places

Salhepani lies about 23 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Mandla Fort, about 25 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 Salhepani
District headquarters Mandla 23 km
Nearest town Mandlā 23 km
Nearest railway station Mandla Fort 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Niwas 28 km

Villages closest to Salhepani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhepani village had a population of 585. That makes it the 87th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 671 residents.

Salhepani village has 311 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhepani has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Salhepani covers 263.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salhepani falls under Niwas tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salhepani is Mandla Fort, about 25 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 village for Salhepani.

Salhepani is about 23 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salhepani is in Niwas tehsil of Mandla district. Mandla is about 23 km away. Mandlā is about 23 km away. Mandla Fort is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dobha F V (3.1 km), Tarwani (4.2 km) and Sukhari Sangarmpur (5.7 km).

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

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