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About Salawas Rly Station Village

Salawas Rly Station is a mid sized village in Luni tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 670, made up of 362 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 619 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salawas Rly Station Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salawas Rly Station village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Tehsil Luni
Pincode 342013
Area (hectares) 619 hectares
Population 670
Male Population 362
Female Population 308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Salawas Rly Station compares

By the 2011 count Salawas Rly Station is the 100th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents. Its 619 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Salawas Rly Station

The census records public bus service for Salawas Rly Station 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salawas Rly Station from other places

Salawas Rly Station lies about 16 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Salawas, about 3.6 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 Salawas Rly Station
Nearest railway station Salawas 3.6 km
Nearest town Sāngaria 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Luni 14 km
District headquarters Jodhpur 16 km

Villages closest to Salawas Rly Station

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Luni 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 Salawas Rly Station

As per the Census of India 2011, Salawas Rly Station village had a population of 670. That makes it the 100th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents.

Salawas Rly Station village has 362 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salawas Rly Station has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Salawas Rly Station is 342013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salawas Rly Station covers 619 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salawas Rly Station falls under Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Salawas Rly Station is Salawas, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Salawas Rly Station.

Salawas Rly Station is about 16 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salawas Rly Station is in Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district. Salawas is about 3.6 km away. Sāngaria is about 8.5 km away. Luni is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salawas (under 2 km), Nandwan (under 2 km) and Tanawara (4.7 km).

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

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