# Gram Salkia Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Gram Salkia

Gram Salkia is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,087 people in 715 households**, the 24th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 3,087people (2011)
- 715households
- 71.2%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gram Salkia

Of every 100 households in Gram Salkia in 2011, 63 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gram Salkia · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**76%

Tap water ****13%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**93%

Use banking services ****33%**

**32%

Television ****35%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**48%

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 Gram Salkia?

■ Gram Salkia · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1099**

**945

Working population ****30.9%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 65.4% for women. 57% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 159 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (26%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 358 (38%) · **■** Marginal 181 (19%)

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 Burwan

- Sona Bharai3,518 people
- Belgram3,413 people
- Baidyanathpur3,408 people
- Babarpur3,331 people
- Simulia2,930 people
- Chaitpur2,742 people
- Shrihatta2,547 people
- Ekamba2,531 people

[All 160 villages in Burwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/burwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gram Salkia?3,087 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gram Salkia in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gram Salkia?71.2% (Census 2011)