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About Salem Pur Village

Salem Pur is a large village in Mohammadabad tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,051, made up of 1,056 males and 995 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18.85 hectares hectares.

Salem Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salem Pur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Mohammadabad
Area (hectares) 18.85 hectares
Population 2,051
Male Population 1,056
Female Population 995
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salem Pur compares

By the 2011 count Salem Pur is the 102nd largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents. Its 18.85 hectares work out to about 109 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Salem Pur

The census records public bus service for Salem Pur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Pur from other places

Salem Pur lies about 12 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Ankuspur, about 8.8 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 Pur
Nearest railway station Ankuspur 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohammadabad 12 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 12 km
Nearest town Ghazīpur 12 km

Villages closest to Salem Pur

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 Salem Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Salem Pur village had a population of 2,051. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents.

Salem Pur village has 1,056 males and 995 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salem Pur has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Salem Pur covers 18.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 109 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Salem Pur falls under Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salem Pur is Ankuspur, about 8.8 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Salem Pur.

Salem Pur is about 12 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salem Pur is in Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district. Ankuspur is about 8.8 km away. Mohammadabad is about 12 km away. Ghazipur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salempur (under 2 km), Salempur Khurd T Jahurabad (under 2 km) and Bharauli Ala (under 2 km).

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

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