# Salepur Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Salepur

Salepur is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **597 people in 151 households**, the 80th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 597people (2011)
- 151households
- 70.9%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salepur

Of every 100 households in Salepur in 2011, 88 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salepur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**28%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**80%

Use banking services ****73%**

**55%

Television ****43%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Salepur?

■ Salepur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**949

Working population ****72.0%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 61.0% for women. 75% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (21%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 64 (15%) · **■** Marginal 221 (51%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Belband744 people
- Sardarpur709 people
- Nazirpur694 people
- Nandanbati604 people
- Ballabhipur593 people
- Bharamalpur556 people
- Timna545 people
- Shibpur530 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salepur?597 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salepur in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salepur?70.9% (Census 2011)