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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAHNAJ KHATUN
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- LGD code
- 251238
- Pincode
- 802212
- Post office
- Bikramganj
- Population
- 2,000
- Households
- 326
- Literacy rate
- 62.9%
- Sex ratio
- 907 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 548
- Distance to district centre
- 163 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 162 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 #16 of 100 villages in Bikramganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.9%
+0.6% vs mandal average
- Salempur
- 62.9%
- Bikramganj mandal
- 62.3%
- Rohtas district
- 60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
907
−4 vs mandal average
- Salempur
- 907
- Bikramganj mandal
- 911
Household size
people per home
6.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Salempur
- 6.1
- Bikramganj mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salempur at a glance
Salempur is a village of 2,000 people in 326 households (Census 2011) in Bikramganj block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 16th-largest of 100 villages in Bikramganj block. Literacy is 63%, about the same as the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. It lies 163 km from the Rohtas district centre, 0 km from Salempur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Salempur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 802212, served by Bikramganj post office; the LGD village code is 251238. The nearest hospital or health centre is Azad Nursing Home, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SAHNAJ KHATUN, and the village votes in Jahanabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rahul Sharma. The population is estimated at 2,358 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Salempur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIKRAMGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 49
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Jonhi
- Total area (ha)
- 143
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 60
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Salempur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Salempur
- LGD code
- 251238
- Pincode
- 802212
- Post office
- Bikramganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,000
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,358
- Households
- 326
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 907
- Literacy rate
- 62.9%
- Coordinates
- 26.29672°N, 83.92132°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jahanabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jahanabad
- Member of Parliament
- Surendra Prasad Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rahul Sharma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAHNAJ KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Bikramganj
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
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)