# Salempur Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Salempur

Salempur is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,080 people in 175 households**, the 80th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 1,080people (2011)
- 175households
- 57.1%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Salempur PIN code and other codes

Salempur falls in Gaunaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBelsandi
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216365

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Salempur from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)61 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)22 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Salempur?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Salempur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jamunia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Salempur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 74% of the 132 hectares of village land is sown, and 84 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Salempur

Of every 100 households in Salempur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salempur · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****73%**

**38%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****66%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Salempur?

■ Salempur · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.1%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**959

Working population ****47.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 47.0% for women. 52% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 82 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 391 (76%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 32 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gaunaha

- Ekdarwa1,096 people
- Belwa1,095 people
- Bijaypur1,089 people
- Hardia1,084 people
- Banspur1,071 people
- Belwa1,071 people
- Saithaul1,056 people
- Mahui1,026 people

[All 168 villages in Gaunaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/gaunaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Salempur from Bettiah?61 km by road
- What is the population of Salempur?1,080 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salempur in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Salempur?57.1% (Census 2011)