# Salkumarhat Village, Alipurduar - I, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Alipurduar - I, Jalpaiguri 

# Salkumarhat

Salkumarhat is a village in Alipurduar - I sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,952 people in 1,393 households**, the 6th largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.3%.

- 5,952people (2011)
- 1,393households
- 75.3%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salkumarhat

Of every 100 households in Salkumarhat in 2011, 20 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Salkumarhat · ■ Alipurduar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**54%

Tap water ****3%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**74%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****39%**

**20%

Television ****15%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Salkumarhat?

■ Salkumarhat · ■ Alipurduar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**72.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**963

Working population ****43.1%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 68.3% for women. 59% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 555 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 721 (28%) · **■** Household industry 10 (0%) · **■** Other work 621 (24%) · **■** Marginal 661 (26%)

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

- Purba Kathalbari6,830 people
- Dakshin Chakoakheti6,462 people
- Munshipara6,275 people
- Paschim Khatalbari6,085 people
- Ghagra5,765 people
- Uttar Sonapur5,632 people
- Silbarihat5,590 people
- Pukuritola5,163 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salkumarhat?5,952 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salkumarhat in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salkumarhat?75.3% (Census 2011)