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About Salai Village

Salai is a small village in Umred tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 430, made up of 220 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 521.22 hectares hectares.

Salai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nagpur
Tehsil Umred
Area (hectares) 521.22 hectares
Population 430
Male Population 220
Female Population 210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 955
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salai compares

By the 2011 count Salai is the 62nd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 751 residents. Its 521.22 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Salai

Salai 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 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 <5 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 35 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Bamhni, about 3.6 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 Bamhni 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Umred 11 km
District headquarters Nagpur 35 km

Villages closest to Salai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Umred 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 430. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 751 residents.

Salai village has 220 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salai has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

Salai covers 521.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salai falls under Umred tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Salai is Bamhni, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 about 35 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salai is in Umred tehsil of Nagpur district. Bamhni is about 3.6 km away. Umred is about 11 km away. Nagpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salai Bk (under 2 km), Salaimahalgaon (under 2 km) and Aptur (2.1 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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