# Salkhara Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Salkhara

Salkhara is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,630 people in 336 households**, the 33rd largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,630people (2011)
- 336households
- 62.0%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salkhara

Of every 100 households in Salkhara in 2011, 33 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Salkhara · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**78%

Tap water ****22%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**22%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**81%

Use banking services ****42%**

**44%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Salkhara?

■ Salkhara · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1061**

**946

Working population ****44.4%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 51.8% for women. 61% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 216 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 423 (58%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 28 (4%) · **■** Marginal 44 (6%)

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 Patrasayer

- Mahesnandi1,782 people
- Pan Pushkarini1,762 people
- Nabakishor1,734 people
- Akhra Shal1,672 people
- Mancha1,605 people
- Talsagara1,577 people
- Naricha1,531 people
- Balsi Purbapara1,516 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salkhara?1,630 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salkhara in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salkhara?62.0% (Census 2011)