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About Salhapur Village

Salhapur is a small village in Roorkee tehsil, in the district of Hardwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 473, made up of 249 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247688, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salhapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salhapur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Hardwar
Tehsil Roorkee
Pincode 247688
Area (hectares) 175.05 hectares
Population 473
Male Population 249
Female Population 224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salhapur compares

By the 2011 count Salhapur is the 214th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents. Its 175.05 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Salhapur

Salhapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salhapur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salhapur from other places

Salhapur lies about 28 km from Hardwar. 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 Salhapur
Tehsil headquarters Roorkee under 2 km
District headquarters Hardwar 28 km

Villages closest to Salhapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Salhapur village had a population of 473. That makes it the 214th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents.

Salhapur village has 249 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salhapur has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 869.

The pincode recorded for Salhapur is 247688. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salhapur covers 175.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salhapur falls under Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Salhapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Salhapur is about 28 km from Hardwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salhapur is in Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district. Roorkee is about under 2 km away. Hardwar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sahpur Salhapur (under 2 km), Khanjarpur (1.6 km) and Malakpur Latifpur (2.1 km).

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

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