# Saltora Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Saltora

Saltora is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,928 people in 670 households**, the 11th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,928people (2011)
- 670households
- 66.0%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saltora

Of every 100 households in Saltora in 2011, 26 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saltora · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

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

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**67%

Use banking services ****27%**

**43%

Television ****11%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Saltora?

■ Saltora · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****961**

**908

Working population ****40.0%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 54.8% for women. 58% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 118 (10%) · **■** Marginal 1,025 (88%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Nidhirampur3,264 people
- Lachhmanpur3,117 people
- Bankdaha2,958 people
- Sarangapur2,943 people
- Latiabani2,847 people
- Macha Parulia2,605 people
- Barasal2,550 people
- Panktor2,494 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saltora?2,928 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saltora in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saltora?66.0% (Census 2011)