# Salisanda Village, Nalhati - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - II, Birbhum 

# Salisanda

Salisanda is a village in Nalhati - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,767 people in 420 households**, the 24th largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.7%.

- 1,767people (2011)
- 420households
- 71.6%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salisanda

Of every 100 households in Salisanda in 2011, 16 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salisanda · ■ Nalhati - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**9%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****82%**

**48%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****28%**

**49%

Own their home ****92%**

**94%

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 Salisanda?

■ Salisanda · ■ Nalhati - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**71.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**954

Working population ****29.9%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 69.0% for women. 55% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 76 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 328 (62%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (12%) · **■** Marginal 54 (10%)

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 Nalhati - II

- Hazaripur2,292 people
- Purbba Lakshminarayanpur2,244 people
- Khalilpur2,211 people
- Kumarsanda1,922 people
- Sujapur1,654 people
- Ashuria1,493 people
- Kamalpur1,367 people
- Baneshwar1,364 people

[All 48 villages in Nalhati - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salisanda?1,767 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salisanda in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salisanda?71.6% (Census 2011)