Village · Gadchiroli, Gadchiroli
# Salaitola

Salaitola is a village in Gadchiroli sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted 48 people in 13 households, the 100th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.7%.
- 48 people (2011)
- 13 households
- 62.9% literacy
- 778 females per 1,000 males

## Salaitola PIN code and other codes

Salaitola falls in Gadchiroli sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.
- Community development block Gadchiroli
- Census village code 539200

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Salaitola from nearby towns?
- Gadchiroli (sub-district HQ) 37 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ) 37 km by road
- Gadchiroli (nearest town) 37 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Salaitola?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Salaitola; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● All-weather road In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Potegaon
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Potegaon
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 15 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Salaitola known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 7% of the 364 hectares of village land is sown, and 27 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Salaitola

Of every 100 households in Salaitola in 2011, 31 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salaitola · ■ Gadchiroli rural average
- Electricity for lighting 31% 68%
- Toilet within the home 0% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 76%
- Tap water 0% 15%
- Drinking water within premises 23% 21%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 8%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 89%
- Use banking services 77% 63%
- Television 23% 25%
- Mobile phone 0% 24%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 31% 32%
- Own their home 100% 92%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Salaitola?

■ Salaitola · ■ Gadchiroli rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 62.9% 76.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 778 966
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 625 993
- Working population 62.5% 58.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 50.0% for women. 59% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 27 (90%) · ■ Farm labourers 3 (10%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Gadchiroli
- Tadguda 77 people
- Dewada 76 people
- Kharadguda 61 people
- Korkuti 54 people
- Kondhana 42 people
- Surya Dongari 42 people
- Churchura Chak 36 people
- Karkazora 21 people

All 122 villages in Gadchiroli

## Quick answers
- How far is Salaitola from Gadchiroli? 37 km by road
- What is the population of Salaitola? 48 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salaitola in? Gadchiroli district (Gadchiroli sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Salaitola? 62.9% (Census 2011)

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