About Salai Village

Salai is a mid sized village in Viluppuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,773, made up of 885 males and 888 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 584.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605652, 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	Viluppuram
Pincode	605652
Area (hectares)	584.84 hectares
Population	1,773
Male Population	885
Female Population	888
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 4 km distance

How Salai compares

By the 2011 count Salai is the 133rd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,428 residents. Its 584.84 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

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 4 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 4.8 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Viluppuram Junction, about 4.1 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	Viluppuram Junction	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Viluppuram	4.8 km
Nearest town	Villupuram	4.8 km

Villages closest to Salai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Viluppuram 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 1,773. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,428 residents.

Salai village has 885 males and 888 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salai has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Salai is 605652. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salai covers 584.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Salai is Viluppuram Junction, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 4 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 4.8 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 Viluppuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Viluppuram Junction is about 4.1 km away. Viluppuram is about 4.8 km away. Villupuram is about 4.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.