# Salchapra Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Salchapra

Salchapra is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,411 people in 345 households**, the 32nd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,411people (2011)
- 345households
- 61.7%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salchapra

Of every 100 households in Salchapra in 2011, 30 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salchapra · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**85%

Use banking services ****93%**

**57%

Television ****20%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**33%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Salchapra?

■ Salchapra · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****722**

**961

Working population ****39.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 55.4% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (23%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 97 (17%) · **■** Marginal 237 (43%)

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 Sainthia

- Uttar Kanaipur1,499 people
- Purba Siur1,477 people
- Mallikpur1,420 people
- Palashdanga1,418 people
- Kherua1,402 people
- Kusumjatra1,364 people
- Paschim Sahapur1,358 people
- Bataspur1,348 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salchapra?1,411 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salchapra in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salchapra?61.7% (Census 2011)