Salem
Salem is a city in Tamilnadu state of India and serves as Mahanagar Palika. It is also one of the districts of Tamilnadu.
As on December 2024, the current population of Salem is 8.88 lakhs out of which 4.47 lakhs are males and rest 4.41 lakhs are females. The sex ratio of this city is 987 females per 1000 males. There are around 79.1 thousands teenagers in Salem. It has literacy rate of 76% which means around 6.78 lakhs persons can read and write. Total 1.14 lakhs people belonging to scheduled caste and 1.4 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the city. There are around 2.31 lakhs households in Salem, which means every family has 4 members on average. The city has working population of 3.56 lakhs.
Schools
Salem has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Holy Cross Matric Hr. Secondary School, K.N. Colony
- Senthil Public School (Cbse) Jagir Ampalayammam
- Cluny Matric Hr. Secondary School
- Jayarani Matric Hr. Secondary School, Nethimedu
- Tagore Matric Hr. Secondary School, Deviyakurichi
Hospitals
Salem has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.
- Bharathi Nursing Home
- Valakuttapatti Sub-Center
- Desai Nagar Sub-Center
- Naranampalayam Sub-Center
- M.Chettipatti Sub-Center
Banks
Salem has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- Bank of Baroda Attur BR., Dist.Salem, Tamil Nadu
- Bank of Baroda Salem
- Bank of Baroda Jalakandapuram
- Bank of Baroda Salem City, Tamilnadu
- Bank of Baroda Salem Branch
Salem District
Salem is one of the 38 districts of Tamilnadu, spread in an area of 5237 square kilometers. It is divided into 14 Taluks and 20 blocks. As on 22nd December 2024, the current population of Salem district is 37.29 lakhs, which includes urban population of 19 lakhs and rural population of 18.29 lakhs. The sex ratio of district is 954 females per 1000 males. There are 9.81 lakhs houses in the district which means every household has around 4 members. There are around 3.45 lakhs teenagers in district. It has literacy rate of 66% which means around 24.48 lakhs persons can read and write. The district has working population of 18.14 lakhs. Total 6.22 lakhs people belonging to scheduled caste and 1.28 lakhs scheduled tribe people live in the district.
Taluks in Salem district
Salem district has total 14 Taluk.
- Mettur
- Omalur
- Edappadi
- Sankari
- Salem
- Yercaud
- Vazhapadi
- Attur
- Gangavalli
- Salem South
- Salem West
- Pethanaickanpalayam
- Kadayampatti
- Thalaivasal
Blocks in Salem district
Salem district has total 20 blocks.
- Attur
- Ayodhiyapattinam
- Gangavalli
- Idappadi
- Kadaiyampatty
- Kolathur
- Konganapuram
- Macdonalds Choultry
- Mecheri
- Nangavalli
- Omalur
- Panamarathupatti
- Peddanaickenpalayam
- Salem
- Sankari
- Talavasal
- Taramangalam
- Valapady
- Veerapandi
- Yercaud
Salem Zilla Panchayat
Revathi Rajasekar is the President (Adhyaksha) of Zilla Panchayat Salem, who can be contacted at email address bala24881@gmail.com and mobile number 97516xxx62. The office landline number is 0427-245**87. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is S A Sekar, who can be reached at email address districtpanchayatslm@gmail.com and mobile number 74026xxx48. The office address is District Panchayat Office, Old Natanmai Building, Near Collector Office, Salem, Pincode - 636001. You can reach there by taking a bus till Government Hospital bus stop. The office has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.Salem Zilla Panchayat consists of total 20 Panchayat Samiti.
- Attur
- Ayothiyapattinam
- Gangavalli
- Idappady
- Kadayaampatti
- Kolathur
- Konganapuram
- Mac. Choultry
- Mecheri
- Nangavalli
- Omalur
- Panamarathupatti
- P.N.Palayam
- Salem
- Sankari
- Thalaivasal
- Tharamangalam
- Valapady
- Veerapandy
- Yercaud
Salem Panchayat Samiti
Malliga Vaiyapuri is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Salem, who can be contacted at email address salemblock2020@gmail.com and mobile number 74026xxx75. The Block landline number is 0427-238**02. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Rangarajan, who can be reached at email address salemblock2017@gmail.com and mobile number 74026xxx95. The Block address is Majara Kollapatty, Sarcar Kollapatty, Salem, Pincode - 636030. You can reach there by taking a bus till Sarcar Kollapatty bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has internet facility.Salem Panchayat Samiti consists of total 14 Gram Panchayat.