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- LGD code
- 535489
- Pincode
- 441401
- Post office
- Kanhan Pipri
- Population
- 539
- Households
- 127
- Literacy rate
- 66.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1057 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 312
- Distance to district centre
- 209 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 238 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 494 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 485 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dabka · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Vety Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Salai compares
By population, Salai ranks #83 of 154 villages in Ramtek mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.8%
−2.8% vs mandal average
- Salai
- 66.8%
- Ramtek mandal
- 69.6%
- Nagpur district
- 78.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,057
+93 vs mandal average
- Salai
- 1,057
- Ramtek mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Salai
- 4.2
- Ramtek mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salai at a glance
Salai is a village of 539 people in 127 households (Census 2011) in Ramtek taluka, Nagpur district, Maharashtra, the 83rd-largest of 154 villages in Ramtek taluka. Literacy is 67%, 3 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,057 women per 1,000 men. It lies 209 km from the Nagpur district centre, 48 km from Ghodegaon, the nearest town, 19 km from Dabka railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441401, served by Kanhan Pipri post office; the LGD village code is 535489. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vety Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Ramtek assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ashish Jaiswal. The population is estimated at 635 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Salai
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAMTEK
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 39
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 68
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 39
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 376.27
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 218
- Forest area (ha)
- 54.77
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Salai
- LGD code
- 535489
- Pincode
- 441401
- Post office
- Kanhan Pipri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 539
- Population (projected 2026)
- 635
- Households
- 127
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1057
- Literacy rate
- 66.8%
- Coordinates
- 21.46735°N, 76.86612°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ramtek
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramtek
- Member of Parliament
- Shyamkumar (Bablu) Barve
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ashish Jaiswal
- Block / Mandal
- Ramtek
Getting there
How to reach Salai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai494 kmcapital
- Hyderabad485 km
- Delhi795 km
- Bengaluru948 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDabka19 km
- Hospital / PHCVety Hospital4 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)