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About Salarpur Village

Salarpur is a mid sized village in Jalandhar I tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,510, made up of 760 males and 750 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salarpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Jalandhar I
Pincode 144402
Area (hectares) 460 hectares
Population 1,510
Male Population 760
Female Population 750
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salarpur compares

By the 2011 count Salarpur is the 41st largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,268 residents. Its 460 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Salarpur

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

How far is Salarpur from other places

Salarpur lies about 16 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Chiheru, about 4.2 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 Salarpur
Nearest railway station Chiheru 4.2 km
Nearest town Phagwāra 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalandhar I 16 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 16 km

Villages closest to Salarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalandhar I 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 Salarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Salarpur village had a population of 1,510. That makes it the 41st largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,268 residents.

Salarpur village has 760 males and 750 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salarpur has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Salarpur is 144402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salarpur covers 460 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salarpur falls under Jalandhar I tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Salarpur is Chiheru, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Salarpur.

Salarpur is about 16 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salarpur is in Jalandhar I tehsil of Jalandhar district. Chiheru is about 4.2 km away. Phagwāra is about 7.1 km away. Jalandhar I is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daulatpur (under 2 km), Naurangpur (2.1 km) and Raipur (2.4 km).

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

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