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

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Village · Dinhata - II, Koch Bihar 

# Salmara

Salmara is a village in Dinhata - II sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,058 people in 478 households**, the 46th largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.3%.

- 2,058people (2011)
- 478households
- 81.5%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salmara

Of every 100 households in Salmara in 2011, 18 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salmara · ■ Dinhata - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**82%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****65%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****36%**

**44%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 · ■ Dinhata - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**72.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**936

Working population ****47.0%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 77.2% for women. 62% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 309 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 305 (32%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 87 (9%) · **■** Marginal 264 (27%)

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 Dinhata - II

- Baniadaha2,257 people
- Tutiarkuthi2,221 people
- Durganagar2,191 people
- Kuchni Pratham Khanda2,159 people
- Kumarganj2,055 people
- Atialdanga1,982 people
- Seuti Dwitia Khanda1,981 people
- Kismat Mokarari1,974 people

[All 119 villages in Dinhata - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/dinhata-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salmara?2,058 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salmara in?Koch Bihar district (Dinhata - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salmara?81.5% (Census 2011)