Village · Barjora, Bankura
# Saluka

Saluka is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 517 people in 99 households, the 115th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.
- 517 people (2011)
- 99 households
- 79.0% literacy
- 1,068 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saluka

Of every 100 households in Saluka in 2011, 40 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saluka · ■ Barjora rural average
- Electricity for lighting 40% 52%
- Toilet within the home 2% 22%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 78%
- Tap water 1% 12%
- Drinking water within premises 28% 32%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 65%
- Use banking services 48% 60%
- Television 14% 28%
- Mobile phone 27% 38%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 10%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 23% 20%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Saluka?

■ Saluka · ■ Barjora rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 79.0% 70.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1068 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1324 943
- Working population 38.1% 39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 68.9% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 24 (12%) · ■ Farm labourers 51 (26%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 47 (24%) · ■ Marginal 73 (37%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Barjora
- Kanta Band 546 people
- Bankurardanga 538 people
- Gosainpur 535 people
- Jharia 532 people
- Sonagara 504 people
- Bandarkoda 502 people
- Purunia 502 people
- Shitalpur 488 people

All 198 villages in Barjora

## Other places named Saluka
- Saluka · Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur · 5,680 people
- Saluka · Village, Gazole, Maldah · 1,694 people
- Saluka · Village, Nala, Jamtara · 1,262 people
- Saluka · Village, Sarenga, Bankura · 1,031 people
- Saluka · Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum · 694 people
- Saluka · Village, Kundhit, Jamtara · 561 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Saluka? 517 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saluka in? Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saluka? 79.0% (Census 2011)

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