# Salanga Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Salanga

Salanga is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **613 people in 142 households**, the 184th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 613people (2011)
- 142households
- 68.8%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salanga

Of every 100 households in Salanga in 2011, 96 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salanga · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**56%

Tap water ****100%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****22%**

**58%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****61%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Salanga?

■ Salanga · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1095**

**960

Working population ****37.7%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 61.7% for women. 55% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (53%) · **■** Household industry 12 (5%) · **■** Other work 43 (19%) · **■** Marginal 16 (7%)

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 Keshpur

- Kunyarer Ayma622 people
- Durya Radhaballabhpur617 people
- Goraipur617 people
- Jagannathpur Ayma613 people
- Shirsha611 people
- Inad Chak610 people
- Narayan Chak610 people
- Pindra Gerya610 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salanga?613 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salanga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salanga?68.8% (Census 2011)