# Salmara Village, Azamnagar, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Azamnagar, Katihar 

# Salmara

Salmara is a village in Azamnagar sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,350 people in 472 households**, the 42nd largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 47.6%.

- 2,350people (2011)
- 472households
- 65.6%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Salmara PIN code and other codes

Salmara falls in Azamnagar sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSalmari
- Community development blockAzamnagar
- Census village code225174

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?

- Azamnagar (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)45 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)45 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?

19 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
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jahangirpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 94% of the 30 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 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, 22 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Salmara · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**98%

Use banking services ****51%**

**22%

Television ****23%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****20%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Salmara?

■ Salmara · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**47.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****801**

**964

Working population ****31.2%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 56.4% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 228 (31%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 423 (58%) · **■** Marginal 43 (6%)

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 Azamnagar

- Gosainpur2,476 people
- Baghaura2,403 people
- Dhamaikol2,380 people
- Lashkarbari2,371 people
- Barwari2,287 people
- Sitalpur2,240 people
- Garaila2,234 people
- Pastia2,213 people

[All 234 villages in Azamnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/azamnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Salmara from Katihar?45 km by road
- What is the population of Salmara?2,350 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salmara in?Katihar district (Azamnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Salmara?65.6% (Census 2011)