Salhawas is a village in Salhawas
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
, Matanhail subdistrict,
Jhajjar district
Jhajjar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Carved out of Rohtak district on 15 July 1997 and with its headquarters in Jhajjar, it lies from Delhi and had developed into an important industrial center. Othe ...
,
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
, India, in
Rohtak division. It is south of the district headquarters at Jhajjar. It has a postal head office.
Demographics of 2011
As of
2011 India census
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Salhawas had a population of 5962 in 1165 households. Males (3097) constitute 51.94% of the population and females (2865) 48.05%. Salhawas has an average literacy (3942) rate of 66.11%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy (2340) is 59.36%, and female literacy (1602) is 40.63% of total literates (3942). In Salhawas, Jhajjar 13.09% of the population is under 6 years of age (781).
Adjacent villages
* Bithla
* Dhakla
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Nilaheri
* Humayupur
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Birar
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Bhindawas
Bhindawas is a village in Jhajjar district, Haryana, India. It is about 15 km from Jhajjar. It is in Matenhail sub-district. Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary is nearby. The village was founded by Bhinda and Puhania Ahirs a few centuries ago. Ar ...
* Niwada
Amboli
References
Villages in Jhajjar district
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