# Salghara Village, Kalna - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalna - I, Barddhaman 

# Salghara

Salghara is a village in Kalna - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,791 people in 444 households**, the 36th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 1,791people (2011)
- 444households
- 82.8%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salghara

Of every 100 households in Salghara in 2011, 40 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Salghara · ■ Kalna - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**47%

Tap water ****1%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**88%

Use banking services ****73%**

**58%

Television ****28%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Salghara?

■ Salghara · ■ Kalna - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**979

Working population ****36.7%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 76.2% for women. 65% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 428 (65%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 73 (11%) · **■** Marginal 50 (8%)

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 Kalna - I

- Bhatra1,846 people
- Chaugharia1,836 people
- Bhabanipur1,819 people
- Uplati1,814 people
- Uttar Rameswarpur1,769 people
- Nawapara1,727 people
- Muragachha1,724 people
- Isabpur1,693 people

[All 99 villages in Kalna - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kalna-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salghara?1,791 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salghara in?Barddhaman district (Kalna - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salghara?82.8% (Census 2011)