# Saldaha Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Saldaha

Saldaha is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **495 people in 114 households**, the 95th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 495people (2011)
- 114households
- 78.4%literacy
- 807females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saldaha

Of every 100 households in Saldaha in 2011, 16 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saldaha · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**84%

Tap water ****2%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**80%

Use banking services ****87%**

**34%

Television ****14%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**22%

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 Saldaha?

■ Saldaha · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****807**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1065**

**983

Working population ****52.1%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 68.1% for women. 64% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 29 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (26%) · **■** Other work 22 (9%) · **■** Marginal 140 (54%)

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 Mohammad Bazar

- Gopalpur554 people
- Sehala540 people
- Girajpur536 people
- Gournagar519 people
- Abdarpur494 people
- Baram453 people
- Kalaipahari438 people
- Kamar Naogaon419 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saldaha?495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saldaha in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saldaha?78.4% (Census 2011)