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About Salapur Village

Salapur is a small village in Mohammadabad tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 40 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.08 hectares hectares.

Salapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Mohammadabad
Area (hectares) 27.08 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 40
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Salapur compares

By the 2011 count Salapur is the 705th largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents. Its 27.08 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Salapur

Salapur 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 Salapur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salapur from other places

Salapur lies about 15 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Shahbaz Kuli, about 7.4 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 Salapur
Nearest railway station Shahbaz Kuli 7.4 km
Nearest town Muhammadābād 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohammadabad 15 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 15 km

Villages closest to Salapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salapur village had a population of 75. That makes it the 705th largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents.

Salapur village has 40 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salapur has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Salapur covers 27.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salapur falls under Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salapur is Shahbaz Kuli, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Salapur.

Salapur is about 15 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salapur is in Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district. Shahbaz Kuli is about 7.4 km away. Muhammadābād is about 13 km away. Mohammadabad is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sahabpur (under 2 km), Bhala (under 2 km) and Chak Abutalib (under 2 km).

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

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