# Salghata Village, Onda, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Onda, Bankura 

# Salghata

Salghata is a village in Onda sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,118 people in 248 households**, the 70th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.

- 1,118people (2011)
- 248households
- 69.5%literacy
- 839females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salghata

Of every 100 households in Salghata in 2011, 26 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salghata · ■ Onda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**70%

Use banking services ****33%**

**58%

Television ****8%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Salghata?

■ Salghata · ■ Onda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**65.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****839**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****652**

**937

Working population ****36.4%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 57.6% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (19%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (6%) · **■** Marginal 176 (43%)

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 Onda

- Chhagulia1,144 people
- Gopinathpur1,132 people
- Bahulara1,124 people
- Bhetiara1,122 people
- Ramnagar1,100 people
- Raghunath Nagar1,095 people
- Paharpur1,077 people
- Sahapur1,077 people

[All 291 villages in Onda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/onda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salghata?1,118 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salghata in?Bankura district (Onda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salghata?69.5% (Census 2011)