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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Salempur is a village in Mansurchak mandal, Begusarai district, Bihar, with a population of 869 across 206 households. The village has a literacy rate of 55.7% and is located at coordinates 26.297°N, 83.921°E with PIN code 851128.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NASRIN KHATOON
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- LGD code
- 237722
- Pincode
- 851128
- Post office
- Mansurchak
- Population
- 869
- Households
- 206
- Literacy rate
- 55.7%
- Sex ratio
- 865 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 394
- Distance to district centre
- 269 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 294 km
- Distance to Patna
- 145 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 611 km
- Nearest railway station
- Salempur Junction · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Azad Nursing Home · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Salempur compares
By population, Salempur ranks #17 of 55 villages in Mansurchak mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.7%
+0.9% vs mandal average
- Salempur
- 55.7%
- Mansurchak mandal
- 54.8%
- Begusarai district
- 52.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
865
−66 vs mandal average
- Salempur
- 865
- Mansurchak mandal
- 931
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Salempur
- 4.2
- Mansurchak mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salempur at a glance
Salempur is a village of 869 people in 206 households (Census 2011) in Mansurchak block, Begusarai district, Bihar, the 17th-largest of 55 villages in Mansurchak block. Literacy is 56%, about the same as the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 865 women per 1,000 men. It lies 269 km from the Begusarai district centre, 0 km from Salempur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Salempur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 851128, served by Mansurchak post office; the LGD village code is 237722. The nearest hospital or health centre is Azad Nursing Home, <1 km away. The sarpanch is NASRIN KHATOON, and the village votes in Parbatta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Babulal Shorya. The population is estimated at 1,025 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Salempur
- LGD code
- 237722
- Pincode
- 851128
- Post office
- Mansurchak
- Population (Census 2011)
- 869
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,025
- Households
- 206
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 865
- Literacy rate
- 55.7%
- Coordinates
- 26.29672°N, 83.92132°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Parbatta
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Babulal Shorya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NASRIN KHATOON
- Block / Mandal
- Mansurchak
Getting there
How to reach Salempur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna145 kmcapital
- Kolkata611 km
- Delhi711 km
- Hyderabad1138 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSalempur Junction<1 km
- Hospital / PHCAzad Nursing Home<1 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India26 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petrolium21 km
- Collegebaba Raghav das Inter college26 km
- Police stationUbhaon Police Station19 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 851128
- Gobindpur (Part In Bachwara) *Mansurchak mandal16,030 pop
- ShamsaMansurchak mandal15,183 pop
- SatharasidpurMansurchak mandal6,070 pop
- GanpataulMansurchak mandal5,133 pop
- AgapurMansurchak mandal3,338 pop
- BahrampurMansurchak mandal3,127 pop
- HawaspurMansurchak mandal2,924 pop
- BhawanipurMansurchak mandal2,814 pop
- NayatolMansurchak mandal2,740 pop
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Other villages in Mansurchak mandal
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- Shamsa
- Satharasidpur
- Ganpataul
- Agapur
- Bahrampur
- Hawaspur
- Bhawanipur
- Nayatol
- Sarai Nurnagar
- Sohilwara
- Gurdaspur
- Alam Chak
- Dasrathpur
- Chhabilapur
- Naipur
- Milki
- Maskan Dargah
- Purani Chak
- Chak Alahdadpur
- Mahendarganj
- Gauspur
- Bahrampur
- Chak Alahdadpur
- Bahrampur
- Mominabad
- Manupur
- Chak Mansur
- Mansur Chak
- Bahrampur
- Bahrampur
- Chak Alahdadpur
- Bahrampur
- Momina
- Sirampur
- Agapur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)