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About Salai Village

Salai is a mid sized village in Sabalgarh tehsil, in the district of Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,029, made up of 560 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 476229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Morena
Tehsil Sabalgarh
Pincode 476229
Area (hectares) 254 hectares
Population 1,029
Male Population 560
Female Population 469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
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 Salai compares

By the 2011 count Salai is the 58th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 254 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 851.

Getting to Salai

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

Salai lies about 61 km from Morena, and the nearest railway station is Pipalwali Chowk, about 9.8 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 Salai
Nearest railway station Pipalwali Chowk 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sabalgarh 12 km
District headquarters Morena 61 km

Villages closest to Salai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salai village had a population of 1,029. That makes it the 58th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Salai village has 560 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salai has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 851.

The pincode recorded for Salai is 476229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salai covers 254 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salai falls under Sabalgarh tehsil of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salai is Pipalwali Chowk, about 9.8 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 Salai.

Salai is about 61 km from Morena in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salai is in Sabalgarh tehsil of Morena district. Pipalwali Chowk is about 9.8 km away. Sabalgarh is about 12 km away. Morena is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anchawada (under 2 km), Simroda Ahir (under 2 km) and Jalalgarh (2.3 km).

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

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