# Salda Village, Jaypur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaypur, Bankura 

# Salda

Salda is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,851 people in 1,098 households**, the 2nd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 4,851people (2011)
- 1,098households
- 72.8%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salda

Of every 100 households in Salda in 2011, 59 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salda · ■ Jaypur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**73%

Tap water ****58%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**79%

Use banking services ****74%**

**62%

Television ****32%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**12%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Salda?

■ Salda · ■ Jaypur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**74.6%

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

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**951

Working population ****42.9%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 64.3% for women. 58% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 286 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 529 (25%) · **■** Household industry 41 (2%) · **■** Other work 504 (24%) · **■** Marginal 722 (35%)

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 Jaypur

- Maynapur5,256 people
- Kuchiakol4,246 people
- Dakshinbar4,031 people
- Ashurali3,978 people
- Uttarbar3,787 people

[All 139 villages in Jaypur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/jaypur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salda?4,851 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salda in?Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salda?72.8% (Census 2011)