# Salmara Village, Bilasipara, Dhubri (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Bilasipara, Dhubri 

# Salmara

Salmara is a village in Bilasipara sub-district of Dhubri district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **825 people in 168 households**, the 97th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.3%.

- 825people (2011)
- 168households
- 60.5%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Salmara PIN code and other codes

Salmara falls in Bilasipara sub-district, Dhubri district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatGobardhanpara
- Community development blockMahamaya
- Census village code281220

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Salmara from nearby towns?

- Bilasipara (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Dhubri (district HQ)44 km by road
- Bilasipara (nearest town)8 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Salmara?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Salmara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Barkonda
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bilasipara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bongaigaon
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Salmara known for?

About 87% of the 91 hectares of village land is sown, and 37 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Salmara

Of every 100 households in Salmara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salmara · ■ Bilasipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****19%**

**33%

Television ****1%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****52%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Salmara?

■ Salmara · ■ Bilasipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**54.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**968

Working population ****43.9%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.8% for men and 58.0% for women. 56% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 158 (44%) · **■** Marginal 115 (32%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bilasipara

- Kaslatari Pt.II846 people
- Bherberi836 people
- Mayarchar Pt.V830 people
- Barshi Pt.I825 people
- Bhalukmari817 people
- Rabantari816 people
- Hazaripara814 people
- Dhemdhema Pt.II805 people

[All 178 villages in Bilasipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/dhubri/bilasipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Salmara from Dhubri?44 km by road
- What is the population of Salmara?825 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salmara in?Dhubri district (Bilasipara sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Salmara?60.5% (Census 2011)