# Salash Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Salash

Salash is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **638 people in 148 households**, the 56th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 638people (2011)
- 148households
- 71.1%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salash

Of every 100 households in Salash in 2011, 43 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salash · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**54%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**86%

Use banking services ****72%**

**36%

Television ****14%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**32%

Own their home ****82%**

**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 Salash?

■ Salash · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**966

Working population ****45.9%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 60.9% for women. 56% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 129 (44%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 13 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Hilli

- Fajullapur651 people
- Baigram640 people
- Chaksubid640 people
- Goyespur639 people
- Jantipur615 people
- Basanta588 people
- Uttar Jamalpur584 people
- Kunja Dungi566 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salash?638 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salash in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salash?71.1% (Census 2011)