# Bamantora, Saltora, Bankura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Bamantora

Bamantora is a village in [Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/) sub-district of [Bankura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,877 people in 396 households**, the 13th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,877people (2011)
- 396households
- 65.5%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamantora

Of every 100 households in Bamantora in 2011, 35 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bamantora · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**91%

Tap water ****90%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****7%**

**66%

Use banking services ****17%**

**45%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bamantora?

■ Bamantora · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**939

Working population ****36.4%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 54.7% for women. 54% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 150 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 175 (26%) · **■** Household industry 28 (4%) · **■** Other work 191 (28%) · **■** Marginal 139 (20%)

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 Saltora

- Barkona2,462 people
- Kanuri2,187 people
- Patdoha2,077 people
- Gogra1,991 people
- Sabur Bandh1,814 people
- Mutukbani1,755 people
- Baghadabar1,715 people
- Dightor1,686 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamantora?1,877 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamantora in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamantora?65.5% (Census 2011)