About Salai Village

Salai is a mid sized village in Tindivanam tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,241, made up of 637 males and 604 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Tindivanam
Pincode	604206
Area (hectares)	261.61 hectares
Population	1,241
Male Population	637
Female Population	604
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Salai compares

By the 2011 count Salai is the 101st largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 261.61 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Salai

Salai 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 Salai 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 Salai from other places

Salai lies about 36 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tindivanam, about 8.1 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 Salai
Nearest railway station	Tindivanam	8.1 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	36 km

Villages closest to Salai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salai village had a population of 1,241. That makes it the 101st largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Salai village has 637 males and 604 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salai has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Salai is 604206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salai covers 261.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salai falls under Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Salai is Tindivanam, about 8.1 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 Salai.

Salai is about 36 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salai is in Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district. Tindivanam is about 8.1 km away. Viluppuram is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.