About Salema Village

Salema is a large village in Salema tehsil, in the district of Dhalai, Tripura. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,516, made up of 2,247 males and 2,269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 935 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 799278, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salema Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salema village
Description	Value
State	Tripura
District	Dhalai
Tehsil	Salema
Pincode	799278
Area (hectares)	935 hectares
Population	4,516
Male Population	2,247
Female Population	2,269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salema compares

By the 2011 count Salema is the 6th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,601 residents. Its 935 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Salema

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

Salema lies about 20 km from Dhalai, and the nearest railway station is Ambassa, about 9.5 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 Salema
Nearest railway station	Ambassa	9.5 km
District headquarters	Dhalai	20 km
Nearest town	Khowai	25 km

Villages closest to Salema

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salema village had a population of 4,516. That makes it the 6th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,601 residents.

Salema village has 2,247 males and 2,269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salema has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Salema is 799278. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salema covers 935 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salema falls under Salema tehsil of Dhalai district in Tripura.

The nearest railway station to Salema is Ambassa, about 9.5 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 Salema.

Salema is about 20 km from Dhalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salema is in Salema tehsil of Dhalai district. Ambassa is about 9.5 km away. Dhalai is about 20 km away. Khowai is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.