# Salekkuri Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Salekkuri

Salekkuri is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **939 people in 219 households**, the 73rd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 939people (2011)
- 219households
- 77.7%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salekkuri

Of every 100 households in Salekkuri in 2011, 14 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salekkuri · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

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

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**93%

Use banking services ****6%**

**18%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Salekkuri?

■ Salekkuri · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**955

Working population ****31.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 75.7% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (20%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 15 (5%) · **■** Marginal 109 (37%)

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 Kushmundi

- Abuhar984 people
- Basail978 people
- Alampur948 people
- Kunabari941 people
- Deokhanda934 people
- Ghatsa931 people
- Chandail929 people
- Chapahat Bairhatha929 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salekkuri?939 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salekkuri in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salekkuri?77.7% (Census 2011)