About Salempur Village

Salempur is a large village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,191, made up of 1,026 males and 1,165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,135 females per 1000 males. The village covers 596 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salempur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salempur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144203
Area (hectares)	596 hectares
Population	2,191
Male Population	1,026
Female Population	1,165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,135
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salempur compares

By the 2011 count Salempur is the 19th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 596 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 Salempur

Salempur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salempur as Available within 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 Salempur from other places

Salempur lies about 39 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, about 10 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 Salempur
Nearest town	Urmar	10 km
Nearest railway station	Tanda Urmar	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	20 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	39 km

Villages closest to Salempur

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 Salempur

As per the Census of India 2011, Salempur village had a population of 2,191. That makes it the 19th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Salempur village has 1,026 males and 1,165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salempur has about 1135 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Salempur is 144203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salempur covers 596 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salempur falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Salempur is Tanda Urmar, about 10 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salempur.

Salempur is about 39 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salempur is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Urmar is about 10 km away. Tanda Urmar is about 10 km away. Dasua is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.