# Chhota Salkumar Village, Falakata, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Falakata, Jalpaiguri 

# Chhota Salkumar

Chhota Salkumar is a village in Falakata sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,515 people in 967 households**, the 21st largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 4,515people (2011)
- 967households
- 65.7%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Salkumar

Of every 100 households in Chhota Salkumar in 2011, 22 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chhota Salkumar · ■ Falakata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**55%

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

**43%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**78%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****6%**

**20%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****54%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**90%

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 Chhota Salkumar?

■ Chhota Salkumar · ■ Falakata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**941

Working population ****32.2%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 59.7% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 206 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 876 (60%) · **■** Household industry 26 (2%) · **■** Other work 191 (13%) · **■** Marginal 154 (11%)

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 Falakata

- Nabanagar4,719 people
- Dhulagaon4,684 people
- Kunjanagar4,605 people
- Baganbari4,533 people
- Lachhmandabri4,376 people
- Jogendrapur4,204 people
- Jaychandpur4,186 people
- Purbba Jhar Beltali4,144 people

[All 60 villages in Falakata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/falakata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhota Salkumar?4,515 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Salkumar in?Jalpaiguri district (Falakata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Salkumar?65.7% (Census 2011)