Salempur City is a Tehsil Headquarters (founded in 1939), 71
Parliamentary Constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
which covers
Vidhan Sabha
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of Salempur and
Bhatpar Rani in
Deoria district
Deoria district, one of the districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India has its headquarters located at Deoria and is a part of Gorakhpur division. It came into existence on 16 March 1946 from Gorakhpur district.
During British rule the distr ...
and
Belthara Road,
Sikanderpur and
Bansdih of
Ballia
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District
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. It is a
Nagar Panchayat
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in
Deoria district
Deoria district, one of the districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India has its headquarters located at Deoria and is a part of Gorakhpur division. It came into existence on 16 March 1946 from Gorakhpur district.
During British rule the distr ...
in the
Indian state
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of
Uttar Pradesh
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. It was founded in 1939.
Demographics
In the past Salempur was one of the biggest
Tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
s. But later it separated into three new Tehsils- Barhaj, Rudrapur and Bhatpar Rani one by one. To facilitate the administration, Salempur Tehsil is further divided into four towns and 522 villages. As of the
2011 Census of India,
Salempur Tehsil of Deoria district has total population of 604,483. Out of which 298,212 are males while 306,271 are females. In 2011 there were total 91,896 families residing in Salempur Tehsil. The Average Sex Ratio of Salempur Tehsil is 1,027.
As per the 2011 census out of total population, 14.2% people lives in urban areas while 85.8% lives in the rural areas. The average literacy rate in urban areas is 76.6% while that in the rural areas is 72.9%. Also the sex ratio of urban areas in Salempur Tehsil is 951 while that of rural areas is 1,040.
The population of children of age 0–6 years in Salempur Tehsil is 87153 which is 14% of the total population. There are 45363 male children and 41790 female children between the age 0–6 years. Thus as per the 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Salempur Tehsil is 921 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 1,027 ) of Salempur Tehsil.
The total literacy rate of Salempur Tehsil is 73.43%. The male literacy rate is 72.31% and the female literacy rate is 53.62% in Salempur Tehsil.
Salempur Nagarpanchayat Wards
Salempur Nagar Panchayat Religion Data 2011
See also
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Awadhesh Pratap Mall
Awadhesh Pratap Mall was the ruler of Majhauli Raj in the Deoria district before the state merged with the former British provinces as Uttar Pradesh in 1947 when India became independent from British rule. After independence, he was a member ...
, Member of Legislative Assembly (1967) and (1985)
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Ram Naresh Kushwaha, Member of Parliament (1977)
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Murad Lari, Member of Legislative Assembly (1997-2001)
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Hari Kewal Prasad , Member of Parliament (2004 - 2009)
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Reoli
References
{{Deoria district
Cities and towns in Deoria district