# Salma Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Salma

Salma is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,732 people in 749 households**, the 5th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 3,732people (2011)
- 749households
- 53.4%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salma

Of every 100 households in Salma in 2011, 35 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salma · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**7%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**66%

Use banking services ****44%**

**45%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**36%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Salma?

■ Salma · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.4%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****809**

**939

Working population ****39.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.0% for men and 40.8% for women. 49% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 213 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 313 (21%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 188 (13%) · **■** Marginal 739 (50%)

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

- Tiluri5,174 people
- Pabra4,179 people
- Shirpurnama4,080 people
- Saltora3,966 people
- Shyampur3,302 people
- Murlu3,026 people
- Shiarbedia2,469 people
- Barkona2,462 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salma?3,732 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salma in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salma?53.4% (Census 2011)