# Saluka Village, Sarenga, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sarenga, Bankura 

# Saluka

Saluka is a village in Sarenga sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,031 people in 202 households**, the 37th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 1,031people (2011)
- 202households
- 74.5%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saluka

Of every 100 households in Saluka in 2011, 71 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saluka · ■ Sarenga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**23%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****27%**

**53%

Television ****32%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

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 Saluka?

■ Saluka · ■ Sarenga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**938

Working population ****43.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 62.8% for women. 53% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 41 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (12%) · **■** Other work 25 (6%) · **■** Marginal 325 (73%)

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 Sarenga

- Nibra1,073 people
- Andharia1,068 people
- Baragoaldangra1,068 people
- Bamundihi1,041 people
- Chiltor1,011 people
- Jhola952 people
- Saldahara933 people
- Maukura862 people

[All 166 villages in Sarenga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sarenga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saluka?1,031 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saluka in?Bankura district (Sarenga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saluka?74.5% (Census 2011)