About Salawa Village

Salawa is a mid sized village in Dhampur tehsil, in the district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,575, made up of 850 males and 725 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246761, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salawa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bijnor
Tehsil	Dhampur
Pincode	246761
Area (hectares)	236.44 hectares
Population	1,575
Male Population	850
Female Population	725
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Salawa compares

By the 2011 count Salawa is the 175th largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents. Its 236.44 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Salawa

Salawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salawa as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Salawa from other places

Salawa lies about 37 km from Bijnor, and the nearest railway station is Chakraj Mal, about 6.7 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 Salawa
Nearest railway station	Chakraj Mal	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhampur	10 km
Nearest town	Dhāmpur	10 km
District headquarters	Bijnor	37 km

Villages closest to Salawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salawa village had a population of 1,575. That makes it the 175th largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents.

Salawa village has 850 males and 725 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salawa has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Salawa is 246761. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salawa covers 236.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salawa falls under Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salawa is Chakraj Mal, about 6.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salawa.

Salawa is about 37 km from Bijnor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salawa is in Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district. Chakraj Mal is about 6.7 km away. Dhampur is about 10 km away. Dhāmpur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.