# Salauna Village, Bakhri, Begusarai (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bakhri, Begusarai 

# Salauna

Salauna is a village in Bakhri sub-district of Begusarai district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **6,088 people in 1,131 households**, the 2nd largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.9%.

- 6,088people (2011)
- 1,131households
- 64.2%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Salauna PIN code and other codes

Salauna falls in Bakhri sub-district, Begusarai district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSalauna
- Community development blockBakhri
- Census village code238205

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

## How far is Salauna from nearby towns?

- Bakhri (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Begusarai (district HQ)35 km by road
- Bakhri (nearest town)2 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 Salauna?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Salauna; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bakhri
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Bakhri
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Begusarai
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 3 h winter

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 Salauna known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 135 hectares of village land is sown, and 100 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 Salauna

Of every 100 households in Salauna in 2011, 2 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salauna · ■ Bakhri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**97%

Use banking services ****26%**

**29%

Television ****6%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Salauna?

■ Salauna · ■ Bakhri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**55.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**946

Working population ****29.7%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 55.2% for women. 46% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 287 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 814 (45%) · **■** Household industry 55 (3%) · **■** Other work 346 (19%) · **■** Marginal 308 (17%)

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 Bakhri

- Parihara13,178 people
- Chak Hamid5,288 people
- Ghaghra5,280 people
- Semri4,398 people
- Ratan4,354 people

[All 56 villages in Bakhri](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/begusarai/bakhri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Salauna from Begusarai?35 km by road
- What is the population of Salauna?6,088 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salauna in?Begusarai district (Bakhri sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Salauna?64.2% (Census 2011)