About Salawad Village

Salawad is a mid sized village in Jhalrapatan tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,659, made up of 847 males and 812 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salawad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salawad village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Jhalrapatan
Pincode	326023
Area (hectares)	445.77 hectares
Population	1,659
Male Population	847
Female Population	812
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salawad compares

By the 2011 count Salawad is the 22nd largest of the 318 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 445.77 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Salawad

Salawad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salawad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Salawad from other places

Salawad lies about 25 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Jhalarapatan, about 17 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 Salawad
Nearest railway station	Jhalarapatan	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jhalrapatan	19 km
Nearest town	Jhālrapātan	19 km
District headquarters	Jhalawar	25 km

Villages closest to Salawad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salawad village had a population of 1,659. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 318 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Salawad village has 847 males and 812 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salawad has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Salawad is 326023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salawad covers 445.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salawad falls under Jhalrapatan tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Salawad is Jhalarapatan, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Salawad.

Salawad is about 25 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salawad is in Jhalrapatan tehsil of Jhalawar district. Jhalarapatan is about 17 km away. Jhalrapatan is about 19 km away. Jhālrapātan is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.