# Saltara Village, Taldangra, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Taldangra, Bankura 

# Saltara

Saltara is a village in Taldangra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,510 people in 338 households**, the 28th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,510people (2011)
- 338households
- 83.2%literacy
- 1,041females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saltara

Of every 100 households in Saltara in 2011, 45 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Saltara · ■ Taldangra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**88%

Use banking services ****91%**

**59%

Television ****30%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**19%

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 Saltara?

■ Saltara · ■ Taldangra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1041**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**978

Working population ****31.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 75.4% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 264 (55%) · **■** Other work 113 (23%) · **■** Marginal 69 (14%)

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 Taldangra

- Tilaghagri1,850 people
- Dhobajor1,733 people
- Paryardang1,712 people
- Taldangra1,581 people
- Khalgram1,486 people
- Majuriprasadpur1,411 people
- Lalbandh1,337 people
- Kajla1,328 people

[All 145 villages in Taldangra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/taldangra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saltara?1,510 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saltara in?Bankura district (Taldangra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saltara?83.2% (Census 2011)