# Salu Village, Bharatpur - II, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Bharatpur - II, Murshidabad 

# Salu

Salu is a village in Bharatpur - II sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,670 people in 623 households**, the 24th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.

- 2,670people (2011)
- 623households
- 64.2%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salu

Of every 100 households in Salu in 2011, 28 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Salu · ■ Bharatpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**58%

Tap water ****23%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****54%**

**48%

Television ****20%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**43%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Salu?

■ Salu · ■ Bharatpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**65.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****799**

**970

Working population ****33.1%**

**35.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.3% for men and 59.9% for women. 60% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 138 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 292 (33%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 132 (15%) · **■** Marginal 316 (36%)

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 Bharatpur - II

- Erera2,806 people
- Jalsuti2,786 people
- Purbba Gram2,771 people
- Nawapara2,714 people
- Bara Hati2,482 people
- Malihati2,229 people
- Kuluri2,061 people
- Prasadpur1,832 people

[All 51 villages in Bharatpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bharatpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salu?2,670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salu in?Murshidabad district (Bharatpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salu?64.2% (Census 2011)