About Salempur Village

Salempur is a mid sized village in Malerkotla tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 557, made up of 300 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148022, 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	Malerkotla
Pincode	148022
Area (hectares)	182 hectares
Population	557
Male Population	300
Female Population	257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salempur compares

By the 2011 count Salempur is the 151st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents. Its 182 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 896.

Getting to Salempur

Salempur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salempur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 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
Nearest town	Dhūri	12 km
District headquarters	Sangrur	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malerkotla	20 km

Villages closest to Salempur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Malerkotla 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 557. That makes it the 151st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents.

Salempur village has 300 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salempur has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 896.

The pincode recorded for Salempur is 148022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salempur covers 182 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salempur falls under Malerkotla 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 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance 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 Malerkotla tehsil of Sangrur district. Alal is about 2.3 km away. Dhūri is about 12 km away. Sangrur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.