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About Salawa Village

Salawa is a large village in Kanth tehsil, in the district of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,063, made up of 2,092 males and 1,971 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.83 hectares hectares.

Salawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salawa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Moradabad
Tehsil Kanth
Area (hectares) 290.83 hectares
Population 4,063
Male Population 2,092
Female Population 1,971
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salawa compares

By the 2011 count Salawa is the 13th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents. Its 290.83 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Salawa

Salawa 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 Salawa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Salawa from other places

Salawa lies about 15 km from Moradabad, and the nearest railway station is Matlabpur, about 5.8 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 Salawa
Nearest railway station Matlabpur 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanth 13 km
Nearest town Kānth 13 km
District headquarters Moradabad 15 km

Villages closest to Salawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salawa village had a population of 4,063. That makes it the 13th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents.

Salawa village has 2,092 males and 1,971 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salawa has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 906.

Salawa covers 290.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salawa falls under Kanth tehsil of Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Salawa is Matlabpur, about 5.8 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 and private bus service as Available for Salawa.

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

Salawa is in Kanth tehsil of Moradabad district. Matlabpur is about 5.8 km away. Kanth is about 13 km away. Kānth is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bibipur (under 2 km), Sarai Khajru (under 2 km) and Manpur Mujjaffarpur (2.0 km).

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

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