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About Salempur Village

Salempur is a mid sized village in Dhuri tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,336, made up of 711 males and 625 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salempur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salempur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Dhuri
Pincode 148025
Area (hectares) 386 hectares
Population 1,336
Male Population 711
Female Population 625
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salempur compares

By the 2011 count Salempur is the 66th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents. Its 386 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Salempur

Salempur 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 Salempur 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 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 19 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Alal, about 2.3 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 railway station Alal 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhuri 12 km
Nearest town Dhūri 12 km
District headquarters Sangrur 19 km

Villages closest to Salempur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salempur village had a population of 1,336. That makes it the 66th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents.

Salempur village has 711 males and 625 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salempur has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 886.

The pincode recorded for Salempur is 148025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salempur covers 386 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salempur falls under Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Salempur is Alal, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Salempur is about 19 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salempur is in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district. Alal is about 2.3 km away. Dhuri is about 12 km away. Dhūri 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 Ghanauri Khurd (under 2 km), Didargarh (2.5 km) and Badshahpur (2.6 km).

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

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