# Salas Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Salas

Salas is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,772 people in 1,162 households**, the 3rd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 4,772people (2011)
- 1,162households
- 70.6%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salas

Of every 100 households in Salas in 2011, 27 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salas · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**75%

Tap water ****18%**

**8%

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

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**94%

Use banking services ****45%**

**26%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Salas?

■ Salas · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**954

Working population ****39.2%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 65.3% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 251 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 609 (33%) · **■** Household industry 33 (2%) · **■** Other work 577 (31%) · **■** Marginal 401 (21%)

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 Tapan

- Bazrapukur8,538 people
- Naogon4,908 people
- Ramchandrapur4,538 people
- Mandapara4,262 people
- Lakshmipur3,933 people
- Bhaior3,716 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salas?4,772 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salas in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salas?70.6% (Census 2011)