About Salawas Village

Salawas is one of the larger villages in Luni tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,592, made up of 3,399 males and 3,193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2963 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salawas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salawas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jodhpur
Tehsil	Luni
Pincode	342013
Area (hectares)	2963 hectares
Population	6,592
Male Population	3,399
Female Population	3,193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Salawas compares

By the 2011 count Salawas is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents. Its 2963 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Salawas

Salawas is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Salawas 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salawas from other places

Salawas 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
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

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.

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Common questions about Salawas

As per the Census of India 2011, Salawas village had a population of 6,592. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents.

Salawas village has 3,399 males and 3,193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salawas has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

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

Salawas covers 2963 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salawas falls under Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Salawas 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Salawas.

Salawas 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 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.