# Saluni Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Saluni

Saluni is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,286 people in 495 households**, the 4th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 2,286people (2011)
- 495households
- 70.4%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saluni

Of every 100 households in Saluni in 2011, 35 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Saluni · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**87%

Tap water ****63%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****47%**

**80%

Use banking services ****85%**

**68%

Television ****24%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Saluni?

■ Saluni · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**954

Working population ****41.3%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 58.7% for women. 57% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 362 (38%) · **■** Marginal 524 (56%)

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 Chhatna

- Lakshminarayanpur3,542 people
- Kantasol2,753 people
- Shaldiha2,504 people
- Kamalpur2,214 people
- Barbakra2,188 people
- Arra2,127 people
- Bamankuli2,098 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saluni?2,286 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saluni in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saluni?70.4% (Census 2011)