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

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Saluka

Saluka is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **694 people in 150 households**, the 80th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 694people (2011)
- 150households
- 83.5%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saluka

Of every 100 households in Saluka in 2011, 68 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Saluka · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**84%

Tap water ****85%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**15%

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

**3%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****47%**

**34%

Television ****40%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Saluka?

■ Saluka · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**983

Working population ****30.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 79.0% for women. 55% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (27%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 75 (36%) · **■** Marginal 11 (5%)

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

- Bhejena721 people
- Hingla721 people
- Raghunathpur720 people
- Husaipur715 people
- Gamira681 people
- Bhagabandha666 people
- Kashthatari635 people
- Bodmati625 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saluka?694 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saluka in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saluka?83.5% (Census 2011)