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About Salah Nagar Village

Salah Nagar is a large village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,478, made up of 1,273 males and 1,205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 763 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144040, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salah Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salah Nagar village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144040
Area (hectares) 763 hectares
Population 2,478
Male Population 1,273
Female Population 1,205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Salah Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Salah Nagar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 763 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Salah Nagar

Salah Nagar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Salah Nagar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salah Nagar from other places

Salah Nagar lies about 30 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, about 2.5 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 Salah Nagar
Nearest railway station Malsian Shahkot 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 5.8 km
Nearest town Nakodar 12 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 30 km

Villages closest to Salah Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahkot 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 Salah Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Salah Nagar village had a population of 2,478. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Salah Nagar village has 1,273 males and 1,205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salah Nagar has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Salah Nagar is 144040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salah Nagar covers 763 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salah Nagar falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Salah Nagar is Malsian Shahkot, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salah Nagar.

Salah Nagar is about 30 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salah Nagar is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Malsian Shahkot is about 2.5 km away. Shahkot is about 5.8 km away. Nakodar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akalpur (under 2 km), Malsian (under 2 km) and Malliwal (2.4 km).

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

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