# Salukgere Village, Kotulpur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Salukgere

Salukgere is a village in Kotulpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,944 people in 628 households**, the 14th largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 2,944people (2011)
- 628households
- 68.5%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salukgere

Of every 100 households in Salukgere in 2011, 16 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salukgere · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**81%

Use banking services ****41%**

**65%

Television ****7%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**11%

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 Salukgere?

■ Salukgere · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1009**

**969

Working population ****52.5%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 60.7% for women. 65% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 219 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 393 (25%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 101 (7%) · **■** Marginal 823 (53%)

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 Kotulpur

- Tajpur3,920 people
- Khiri3,548 people
- Masinapur2,962 people
- Chatra Krishna Nagar2,955 people
- Sarishadighi2,914 people
- Hazra Pushkarini2,764 people
- Radhadamodar Pur2,572 people
- Nandagram2,435 people

[All 169 villages in Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salukgere?2,944 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salukgere in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salukgere?68.5% (Census 2011)