# Salkumar Forest Village, Alipurduar - I – Population

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Village · Alipurduar - I, Jalpaiguri 

# Salkumar Forest

Salkumar Forest is a village in Alipurduar - I sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **334 people in 66 households**, the 46th largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.3%.

- 334people (2011)
- 66households
- 53.3%literacy
- 1,088females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salkumar Forest

Of every 100 households in Salkumar Forest in 2011, 2 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salkumar Forest · ■ Alipurduar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**23%

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

**45%

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

**54%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**74%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****0%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**28%

Own their home ****92%**

**91%

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 Salkumar Forest?

■ Salkumar Forest · ■ Alipurduar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.3%**

**72.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1088**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**963

Working population ****67.4%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.6% for men and 49.3% for women. 65% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 120 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (31%) · **■** Other work 8 (4%) · **■** Marginal 27 (12%)

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 Alipurduar - I

- Paschim Simlabari1,361 people
- Dakshin Barajhar Forest1,208 people
- Jaldapara1,098 people
- Parpatla Khawa620 people
- Torsa Forest219 people

[All 47 villages in Alipurduar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salkumar Forest?334 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salkumar Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salkumar Forest?53.3% (Census 2011)