# Salak Village, Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Salak

Salak is a village in Bagda sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,936 people in 456 households**, the 53rd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,936people (2011)
- 456households
- 73.0%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salak

Of every 100 households in Salak in 2011, 27 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Salak · ■ Bagda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**7%

Tap water ****15%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**63%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**94%

Use banking services ****42%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**21%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Salak?

■ Salak · ■ Bagda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**970

Working population ****38.2%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 65.6% for women. 64% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 374 (51%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 158 (21%) · **■** Marginal 76 (10%)

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 Bagda

- Sagarpur2,065 people
- Auldanga2,058 people
- Baikola2,010 people
- Mustafapur1,965 people
- Kuladharpur1,884 people
- Uttar Baliadanga1,842 people
- Purba Bhabanipur1,841 people
- Tankshali1,815 people

[All 108 villages in Bagda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bagda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salak?1,936 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salak in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bagda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salak?73.0% (Census 2011)