# Salta Village, Amour, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Amour, Purnia 

# Salta

Salta is a village in Amour sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,900 people in 543 households**, the 36th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 2,900people (2011)
- 543households
- 39.0%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Salta PIN code and other codes

Salta falls in Amour sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatHaphanian
- Community development blockAmour
- Census village code223684

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

## How far is Salta from nearby towns?

- Amour (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)54 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)54 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 Salta?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Salta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Amour
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Salta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 98% of the 133 hectares of village land is sown, and 89 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 Salta

Of every 100 households in Salta in 2011, 0 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salta · ■ Amour rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**21%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**99%

Use banking services ****7%**

**16%

Television ****1%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****68%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Salta?

■ Salta · ■ Amour rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****39.0%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**946

Working population ****25.4%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.3% for men and 26.4% for women. 46% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 189 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 486 (66%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 36 (5%) · **■** Marginal 24 (3%)

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 Amour

- Machhatta3,045 people
- Dhadhia2,949 people
- Islampur2,908 people
- Kohabara2,901 people
- Mangalpur2,895 people
- Rani2,775 people
- Raili2,711 people
- Piprapur Wari2,622 people

[All 162 villages in Amour](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/amour/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Salta from Purnia?54 km by road
- What is the population of Salta?2,900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salta in?Purnia district (Amour sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Salta?39.0% (Census 2011)