Salempur observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Salempur is a small village in Sandesh mandal, Bhojpur district, Bihar, with a population of 543 across 139 households. It has a literacy rate of 46.6% and is located at coordinates 26.297°N, 83.921°E.
By population, Salempur ranks #40 of 54 villages in Sandesh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salempur is a village of 543 people in 139 households (Census 2011) in Sandesh block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 40th-largest of 54 villages in Sandesh block. Literacy is 47%, 9 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 866 women per 1,000 men. It lies 189 km from the Bhojpur district centre, 0 km from Salempur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Salempur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 802164, served by Sandesh post office; the LGD village code is 246983. The nearest hospital or health centre is Azad Nursing Home, <1 km away. The sarpanch is RAJ KUMARI DEVI, and the village votes in Barh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Siyaram Singh. The population is estimated at 640 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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