Salaich | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
Coordinates: | 31.0886°N 75.3145°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jalandhar |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name3: | Shahkot |
Government Type: | Panchayat raj |
Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 240 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 948[1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Note: | Sex ratio 489/459 ♂/♀ |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Area Code Type: | Telephone |
Registration Plate: | PB- 08 |
Iso Code: | IN-PB |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Post office |
Salaich is a village in Shahkot in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located from Shahkot, from Nakodar, from district headquarter Jalandhar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).
As of 2011, Qadian has a total of 201 houses and a population of 948, of which 489 are males while 459 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of the village is 81.31%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 108 which is 11.39% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 662 lower than state average of 846.
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 53.06% of the total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per census 2011, 337 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 287 males and 50 females. According to census survey report 2011, 95.55% of workers describe their work as their main activity, and 4.45% of workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Shahkot Malisian station is the nearest train station. The village is away from domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is away in Amritsar.