About Salahpur Village

Salahpur is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 112 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salahpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salahpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144204
Area (hectares)	65 hectares
Population	229
Male Population	112
Female Population	117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salahpur compares

By the 2011 count Salahpur is the 307th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 65 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Salahpur

Salahpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salahpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salahpur from other places

Salahpur lies about 52 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghaunspur, about 6.9 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 Salahpur
Nearest railway station	Ghaunspur	6.9 km
Nearest town	Mukeriān	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	12 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	52 km

Villages closest to Salahpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salahpur village had a population of 229. That makes it the 307th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Salahpur village has 112 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salahpur has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Salahpur is 144204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salahpur covers 65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salahpur falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Salahpur is Ghaunspur, about 6.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Salahpur is about 52 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salahpur is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Ghaunspur is about 6.9 km away. Mukeriān is about 8.7 km away. Dasua is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.