About Salwa Village

Salwa is a small village in Mauda tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 466, made up of 230 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381 hectares hectares.

Salwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salwa village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Tehsil	Mauda
Area (hectares)	381 hectares
Population	466
Male Population	230
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Salwa compares

By the 2011 count Salwa is the 88th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents. Its 381 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Salwa

Salwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Salwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salwa from other places

Salwa lies about 38 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Kuhi, 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 Salwa
Nearest railway station	Kuhi	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mauda	12 km
Nearest town	Umred	25 km
District headquarters	Nagpur	38 km

Villages closest to Salwa

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

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Common questions about Salwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Salwa village had a population of 466. That makes it the 88th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents.

Salwa village has 230 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salwa has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Salwa covers 381 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salwa falls under Mauda tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Salwa is Kuhi, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salwa.

Salwa is about 38 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salwa is in Mauda tehsil of Nagpur district. Kuhi is about 11 km away. Mauda is about 12 km away. Umred is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.