# Saluka Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Saluka

Saluka is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,694 people in 324 households**, the 55th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,694people (2011)
- 324households
- 73.2%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saluka

Of every 100 households in Saluka in 2011, 29 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saluka · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**21%

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

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****31%**

**33%

Television ****12%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Saluka?

■ Saluka · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**979

Working population ****39.5%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 65.8% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 383 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (13%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 57 (9%) · **■** Marginal 137 (20%)

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 Gazole

- Dilalbati1,798 people
- Shyamnagar1,793 people
- Mahanagar1,786 people
- Jigin1,720 people
- Matail1,693 people
- Bujruk Bandhail1,674 people
- Lakshmipur1,669 people
- Goalnagra1,661 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saluka?1,694 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saluka in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saluka?73.2% (Census 2011)