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About Salai Village

Salai is a mid sized village in Dharni tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 959, made up of 512 males and 447 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 534 hectares hectares.

Salai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Dharni
Area (hectares) 534 hectares
Population 959
Male Population 512
Female Population 447
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within village
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 77th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents. Its 534 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, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Salai

Salai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salai as Available within village. 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. The nearest villages by name are Ratnapur, Rehatya, Rohinikheda and Rora. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 959. That makes it the 77th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents.

Salai village has 512 males and 447 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salai has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Salai covers 534 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.

Salai falls under Dharni tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Salai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Salai.

Salai is in Dharni tehsil of Amravati district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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