# Salanda Village, Mangolkote, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Mangolkote, Barddhaman 

# Salanda

Salanda is a village in Mangolkote sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,081 people in 235 households**, the 82nd largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 1,081people (2011)
- 235households
- 63.4%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salanda

Of every 100 households in Salanda in 2011, 34 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salanda · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****75%**

**59%

Television ****27%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**36%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Salanda?

■ Salanda · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1196**

**986

Working population ****42.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 55.6% for women. 65% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 242 (52%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (5%) · **■** Marginal 109 (24%)

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 Mangolkote

- Sarulia1,158 people
- Palsona1,134 people
- Debagram1,127 people
- Krishnapur1,102 people
- Sakona1,066 people
- Murulia1,048 people
- Ujirpur1,041 people
- Kunda1,040 people

[All 132 villages in Mangolkote](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/mangolkote/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salanda?1,081 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salanda in?Barddhaman district (Mangolkote sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salanda?63.4% (Census 2011)