# Salem Sarai Village, Dhampur, Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Dhampur, Bijnor 

# Salem Sarai

Salem Sarai is a village in Dhampur sub-district of Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,640 people in 327 households**, the 167th largest of 658 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 1,640people (2011)
- 327households
- 79.1%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salem Sarai

Of every 100 households in Salem Sarai in 2011, 42 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Salem Sarai · ■ Dhampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**47%

Tap water ****4%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**89%

Use banking services ****93%**

**78%

Television ****45%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Salem Sarai?

■ Salem Sarai · ■ Dhampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****736**

**880

Working population ****27.9%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 68.5% for women. 48% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 144 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (29%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 83 (18%) · **■** Marginal 92 (20%)

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 Dhampur

- Mahpur1,668 people
- Palki Aman Bila Ahatmali1,662 people
- Mo.Alipur Lalman1,657 people
- Mahavatpur1,648 people
- Ibrahimpur Nara1An1,634 people
- Bairamnagar1,632 people
- Nizatpur1,625 people
- Govindpur1,621 people

[All 889 villages in Dhampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bijnor/dhampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salem Sarai?1,640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salem Sarai in?Bijnor district (Dhampur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Salem Sarai?79.1% (Census 2011)