# Salda Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Salda

Salda is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,121 people in 752 households**, the 21st largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 3,121people (2011)
- 752households
- 78.1%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salda

Of every 100 households in Salda in 2011, 76 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salda · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**43%

Tap water ****1%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**37%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**74%

Use banking services ****50%**

**39%

Television ****44%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Salda?

■ Salda · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**973

Working population ****58.1%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 72.7% for women. 64% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 523 (29%) · **■** Household industry 401 (22%) · **■** Other work 469 (26%) · **■** Marginal 318 (18%)

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 Memari - I

- Chak Nara3,493 people
- Bagila3,459 people
- Punyagram3,325 people
- Debipur3,175 people
- Keja3,075 people
- Shimla2,974 people
- Kalshi2,897 people
- Nudipur2,893 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salda?3,121 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salda in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salda?78.1% (Census 2011)