About Salarpur Village

Salarpur is a mid sized village in Balagarh tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,174, made up of 555 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,115 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salarpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Hugli
Tehsil	Balagarh
Pincode	712146
Area (hectares)	160.53 hectares
Population	1,174
Male Population	555
Female Population	619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,115
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Salarpur compares

By the 2011 count Salarpur is the 64th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents. Its 160.53 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Salarpur

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

How far is Salarpur from other places

Salarpur lies about 8.7 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Kankinara, about 5.1 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 Salarpur
Nearest railway station	Kankinara	5.1 km
Nearest town	Bhātpāra	5.5 km
District headquarters	Hugli	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balagarh	14 km

Villages closest to Salarpur

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

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Common questions about Salarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Salarpur village had a population of 1,174. That makes it the 64th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents.

Salarpur village has 555 males and 619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salarpur has about 1115 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Salarpur is 712146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salarpur covers 160.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salarpur falls under Balagarh tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Salarpur is Kankinara, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Salarpur is about 8.7 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salarpur is in Balagarh tehsil of Hugli district. Kankinara is about 5.1 km away. Bhātpāra is about 5.5 km away. Hugli is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.