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About Salpe Village

Salpe is a small village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 227 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,163 females per 1000 males. The village covers 420 hectares hectares.

Salpe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salpe village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Lanja
Area (hectares) 420 hectares
Population 491
Male Population 227
Female Population 264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,163
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salpe compares

By the 2011 count Salpe is the 80th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 420 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Salpe

Salpe is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salpe as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ramgaon, Ravari, Ringane and Roon. 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 Salpe

As per the Census of India 2011, Salpe village had a population of 491. That makes it the 80th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Salpe village has 227 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salpe has about 1163 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1174.

Salpe covers 420 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.

Salpe falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Salpe 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 <5 km distance for Salpe.

Salpe is in Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri 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 Salpe today is likely to be higher.

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