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

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Saluka

Saluka is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **521 people in 116 households**, the 90th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 521people (2011)
- 116households
- 47.4%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saluka

Of every 100 households in Saluka in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Saluka · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**85%

Tap water ****37%**

**7%

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

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**87%

Use banking services ****2%**

**62%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**16%

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 · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.4%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**985

Working population ****59.3%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.4% for men and 35.3% for women. 60% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 169 (55%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 127 (41%)

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 Vishnupur

- Dhirkona559 people
- Phulbani553 people
- Chitrang552 people
- Thakurpur539 people
- Pedda511 people
- Upar Amdahara501 people
- Mathura Bihari498 people
- Karoan496 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saluka?521 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saluka in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saluka?47.4% (Census 2011)