About Talwandi Salem Village

Talwandi Salem is a mid sized village in Nakodar tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,222, made up of 600 males and 622 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144623, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talwandi Salem Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talwandi Salem village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Nakodar
Pincode	144623
Area (hectares)	259 hectares
Population	1,222
Male Population	600
Female Population	622
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Talwandi Salem compares

By the 2011 count Talwandi Salem is the 57th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 259 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Talwandi Salem

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

Talwandi Salem lies about 21 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Gahandran, about 8.5 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 Talwandi Salem
Nearest railway station	Gahandran	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nakodar	9.5 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	21 km

Villages closest to Talwandi Salem

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Talwandi Salem village had a population of 1,222. That makes it the 57th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Talwandi Salem village has 600 males and 622 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talwandi Salem has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Talwandi Salem is 144623. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Talwandi Salem covers 259 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Talwandi Salem falls under Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Talwandi Salem is Gahandran, about 8.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Talwandi Salem.

Talwandi Salem is about 21 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Talwandi Salem is in Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district. Gahandran is about 8.5 km away. Nakodar is about 9.5 km away. Jalandhar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.