# Krishnapur Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Krishnapur

Krishnapur is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,076 people in 206 households**, the 46th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,076people (2011)
- 206households
- 45.7%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Krishnapur

Of every 100 households in Krishnapur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Krishnapur · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**7%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**66%

Use banking services ****33%**

**45%

Television ****2%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**36%

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 Krishnapur?

■ Krishnapur · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.7%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**939

Working population ****37.2%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.0% for men and 33.6% for women. 51% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 33 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 282 (70%) · **■** Marginal 75 (19%)

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

- Dhatla1,185 people
- Dahuka1,174 people
- Chandra1,157 people
- Pabayan1,101 people
- Rangamatia1,037 people
- Chaubata1,035 people
- Got1,028 people
- Tentul Tikri1,025 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Krishnapur?1,076 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Krishnapur in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Krishnapur?45.7% (Census 2011)