About Salempur Village

Salempur is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 539, made up of 256 males and 283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,105 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144517, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salempur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salempur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144517
Area (hectares)	194 hectares
Population	539
Male Population	256
Female Population	283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,105
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 Salempur compares

By the 2011 count Salempur is the 214th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 194 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Salempur

Salempur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 - 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 14 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 7.0 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	Rahon	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	12 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	14 km

Villages closest to Salempur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawanshahr 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 539. That makes it the 214th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Salempur village has 256 males and 283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salempur has about 1105 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Salempur is 144517. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salempur covers 194 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salempur falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Salempur is Rahon, about 7.0 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 Salempur.

Salempur is about 14 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salempur is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 7.0 km away. Nawanshahr is about 12 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.