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About Salwari Village

Salwari is a large village in Kathumar tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,796, made up of 1,501 males and 1,295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 687.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301035, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salwari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salwari village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Kathumar
Pincode 301035
Area (hectares) 687.93 hectares
Population 2,796
Male Population 1,501
Female Population 1,295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salwari compares

By the 2011 count Salwari is the 16th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents. Its 687.93 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 879.

Getting to Salwari

The census records public bus service for Salwari as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Salwari from other places

Salwari lies about 51 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Dantia, 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 Salwari
Nearest railway station Dantia 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Kathumar 16 km
Nearest town Mahwa 19 km
District headquarters Alwar 51 km

Villages closest to Salwari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salwari village had a population of 2,796. That makes it the 16th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents.

Salwari village has 1,501 males and 1,295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salwari has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

The pincode recorded for Salwari is 301035. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salwari covers 687.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salwari falls under Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Salwari is Dantia, 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Salwari.

Salwari is about 51 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salwari is in Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district. Dantia is about 2.3 km away. Kathumar is about 16 km away. Mahwa is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghosrana (1.9 km), Kalwari (3.0 km) and Peepal Khera (3.2 km).

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

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