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About Salem Shah Village

Salem Shah is a large village in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,548, made up of 1,871 males and 1,677 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 917 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salem Shah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salem Shah village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Fazilka
Pincode 152123
Area (hectares) 917 hectares
Population 3,548
Male Population 1,871
Female Population 1,677
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salem Shah compares

By the 2011 count Salem Shah is the 25th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 917 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Salem Shah

The census records public bus service for Salem Shah as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Salem Shah from other places

Salem Shah lies about 81 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Fazilka Junction, about 2.9 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 Salem Shah
Nearest railway station Fazilka Junction 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Fazilka 3.5 km
District headquarters Firozpur 81 km

Villages closest to Salem Shah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fazilka 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 Salem Shah

As per the Census of India 2011, Salem Shah village had a population of 3,548. That makes it the 25th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Salem Shah village has 1,871 males and 1,677 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salem Shah has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Salem Shah is 152123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salem Shah covers 917 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salem Shah falls under Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Salem Shah is Fazilka Junction, about 2.9 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Salem Shah.

Salem Shah is about 81 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salem Shah is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. Fazilka Junction is about 2.9 km away. Fazilka is about 3.5 km away. Firozpur is about 81 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sultanpura (1.8 km), Alam Shah (1.8 km) and Muazzam (2.0 km).

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

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