# Saligram Village, Nakashipara, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Nakashipara, Nadia 

# Saligram

Saligram is a village in Nakashipara sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,913 people in 2,111 households**, the 2nd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 9,913people (2011)
- 2,111households
- 64.0%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saligram

Of every 100 households in Saligram in 2011, 5 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Saligram · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**42%

Tap water ****6%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**63%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****10%**

**23%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Saligram?

■ Saligram · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**62.7%

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

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**968

Working population ****28.8%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 64.1% for women. 53% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 624 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,345 (47%) · **■** Household industry 21 (1%) · **■** Other work 176 (6%) · **■** Marginal 690 (24%)

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 Nakashipara

- Birpur14,116 people
- Kanthalbaria9,352 people
- Chenga9,038 people
- Muragachha8,937 people
- Petuabhanga8,403 people

[All 107 villages in Nakashipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/nakashipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saligram?9,913 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saligram in?Nadia district (Nakashipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saligram?64.0% (Census 2011)