# Salmara Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Lalgola, Murshidabad 

# Salmara

Salmara is a village in Lalgola sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,044 people in 209 households**, the 60th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 1,044people (2011)
- 209households
- 69.5%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salmara

Of every 100 households in Salmara in 2011, 57 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salmara · ■ Lalgola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**38%

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

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****5%**

**25%

Television ****1%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****66%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 · ■ Lalgola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1108**

**977

Working population ****34.0%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 67.6% for women. 52% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (18%) · **■** Household industry 55 (15%) · **■** Other work 93 (26%) · **■** Marginal 68 (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 Lalgola

- Chak Dihiganespur1,159 people
- Namoorahar1,143 people
- Mahishasthal1,138 people
- Tejraypur1,124 people
- Laskarpur1,001 people
- Chamunda991 people
- Narayanpur933 people
- Miulidanga825 people

[All 94 villages in Lalgola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/lalgola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salmara?1,044 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salmara in?Murshidabad district (Lalgola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salmara?69.5% (Census 2011)