# Salgoan Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Salgoan

Salgoan is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,039 people in 275 households**, the 70th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,039people (2011)
- 275households
- 75.1%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salgoan

Of every 100 households in Salgoan in 2011, 1 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salgoan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**90%

Use banking services ****40%**

**41%

Television ****17%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Salgoan?

■ Salgoan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1220**

**965

Working population ****37.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 68.4% for women. 65% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 159 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (25%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 26 (7%) · **■** Marginal 95 (24%)

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 Balurghat

- Jagannathbati1,063 people
- Bhatra1,055 people
- Harigaon1,050 people
- Dumair1,039 people
- Majhigram1,031 people
- Chak Andharu1,025 people
- Belgharia1,022 people
- Raypur1,020 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salgoan?1,039 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salgoan in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salgoan?75.1% (Census 2011)