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About Salem Sarai Village

Salem Sarai is a mid sized village in Dhampur tehsil, in the district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,640, made up of 832 males and 808 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246761, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salem Sarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salem Sarai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bijnor
Tehsil Dhampur
Pincode 246761
Area (hectares) 287.86 hectares
Population 1,640
Male Population 832
Female Population 808
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 971
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salem Sarai compares

By the 2011 count Salem Sarai is the 163rd largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents. Its 287.86 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Salem Sarai

Salem Sarai 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 Salem Sarai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salem Sarai from other places

Salem Sarai lies about 41 km from Bijnor, and the nearest railway station is Chakraj Mal, about under 2 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 Salem Sarai
Nearest railway station Chakraj Mal under 2 km
Nearest town Seohāra 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhampur 7.8 km
District headquarters Bijnor 41 km

Villages closest to Salem Sarai

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.

Common questions about Salem Sarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Salem Sarai village had a population of 1,640. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents.

Salem Sarai village has 832 males and 808 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salem Sarai has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

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

Salem Sarai covers 287.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salem Sarai falls under Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salem Sarai is Chakraj Mal, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Salem Sarai.

Salem Sarai is about 41 km from Bijnor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salem Sarai is in Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district. Chakraj Mal is about under 2 km away. Seohāra is about 6.4 km away. Dhampur is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hajipur (under 2 km), Hajipurmuket Rai (under 2 km) and Jamalpur (1.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Salem Sarai today is likely to be higher.

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