# Salda Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Salda

Salda is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **419 people in 78 households**, the 121st largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 419people (2011)
- 78households
- 77.8%literacy
- 838females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salda

Of every 100 households in Salda in 2011, 38 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salda · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**75%

Use banking services ****36%**

**53%

Television ****12%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Salda?

■ Salda · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****838**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**948

Working population ****33.9%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 72.6% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 104 (73%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (23%) · **■** Other work 5 (4%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Dubrajhati430 people
- Nachanhati423 people
- Shibdanga423 people
- Bahulia419 people
- Bara Naryanpur418 people
- Tiura405 people
- Rupuisar388 people
- Nanda Mohanpur387 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salda?419 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salda in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salda?77.8% (Census 2011)