# Salmara Village, Cooch Behar - II, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - II, Koch Bihar 

# Salmara

Salmara is a village in Cooch Behar - II sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,642 people in 395 households**, the 53rd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 1,642people (2011)
- 395households
- 78.1%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salmara

Of every 100 households in Salmara in 2011, 6 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salmara · ■ Cooch Behar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**26%

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

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**30%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**79%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****11%**

**35%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Salmara?

■ Salmara · ■ Cooch Behar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**966

Working population ****33.4%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 70.8% for women. 51% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 209 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 221 (40%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 69 (13%) · **■** Marginal 47 (9%)

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 Cooch Behar - II

- Baragila1,819 people
- Jibdharer Kuthi1,817 people
- Hollangerkuthi1,716 people
- Dudumari1,656 people
- Petbhatta Chandanchowra1,614 people
- Karisal1,598 people
- Bokalirmath1,588 people
- Kuthipara1,576 people

[All 111 villages in Cooch Behar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salmara?1,642 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salmara in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salmara?78.1% (Census 2011)