# Salaiya Kala Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Salaiya Kala

Salaiya Kala is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,677 people in 257 households**, the 109th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,677people (2011)
- 257households
- 58.4%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salaiya Kala

Of every 100 households in Salaiya Kala in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salaiya Kala · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****63%**

**73%

Television ****7%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Salaiya Kala?

■ Salaiya Kala · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.4%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**912

Working population ****29.6%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 43.4% for women. 43% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (8%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 342 (69%)

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 Meja

- Chaukatha Narvar Uparhar1,759 people
- Tigja1,759 people
- Amora1,753 people
- Kanjauli Uparhar1,705 people
- Madaraha1,674 people
- Sirokhar1,672 people
- Suhas1,669 people
- Jokahai1,668 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salaiya Kala?1,677 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salaiya Kala in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Salaiya Kala?58.4% (Census 2011)