# Salpa Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Salpa

Salpa is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **672 people in 139 households**, the 115th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 672people (2011)
- 139households
- 96.4%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salpa

Of every 100 households in Salpa in 2011, 24 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salpa · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

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

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**93%

Use banking services ****60%**

**32%

Television ****10%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**48%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Salpa?

■ Salpa · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.4%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1220**

**945

Working population ****35.3%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 97.4% for women. 63% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (51%) · **■** Household industry 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 20 (8%) · **■** Marginal 32 (14%)

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

- Dhanghara712 people
- Parsalika686 people
- Singadda684 people
- Akundi676 people
- Jhilera671 people
- Togra631 people
- Rameswarpur630 people
- Chawki611 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salpa?672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salpa in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salpa?96.4% (Census 2011)