Salempur is a village in Amarpur mandal, Banka district, Bihar, with a population of 8,033 distributed across 1,544 households, the largest in this set. The village has a literacy rate of 51.9% and is located at 26.297°N, 83.921°E.
By population, Salempur ranks #2 of 177 villages in Amarpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salempur is a village of 8,033 people in 1,544 households (Census 2011) in Amarpur block, Banka district, Bihar, the 2nd-largest of 177 villages in Amarpur block. Literacy is 52%, 1 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 910 women per 1,000 men. It lies 261 km from the Banka district centre, 0 km from Salempur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Salempur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813101, served by Amarpur (Banka) post office; the LGD village code is 240718. The nearest hospital or health centre is Azad Nursing Home, <1 km away. The sarpanch is ARCHANA DEVI, and the village votes in Munger assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kumar Pranay. The population is estimated at 9,471 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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