Village · Dinhata - II, Koch Bihar
# Chhota Salmara

Chhota Salmara is a village in Dinhata - II sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 151 people in 33 households, the 115th largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.3%.
- 151 people (2011)
- 33 households
- 80.1% literacy
- 776 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Salmara

Of every 100 households in Chhota Salmara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhota Salmara · ■ Dinhata - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 18%
- Toilet within the home 38% 49%
- No toilet (open defecation) 62% 49%
- Tap water 0% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 100% 82%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 29% 50%
- Television 6% 8%
- Mobile phone 32% 20%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 18% 44%
- Own their home 88% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Chhota Salmara?

■ Chhota Salmara · ■ Dinhata - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.1% 72.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 776 927
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 667 936
- Working population 62.3% 39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 80.0% for women. 64% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 26 (28%) · ■ Farm labourers 15 (16%) · ■ Other work 2 (2%) · ■ Marginal 51 (54%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Dinhata - II
- Lalaganjer Kuthi 214 people
- Petbhata Seoraguri 209 people
- Jhikri 207 people
- Kharija Durganagar Pratham Khanda 162 people
- Chhat Khochabari Dwitia Khanda 150 people
- Huchar Kuthi 117 people
- Digdhallar Payasti 36 people
- Chhit Sheoraguri 4 people

All 119 villages in Dinhata - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Chhota Salmara? 151 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Salmara in? Koch Bihar district (Dinhata - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Salmara? 80.1% (Census 2011)

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