# Salmara Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Salmara

Salmara is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **295 people in 69 households**, the 143rd largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 295people (2011)
- 69households
- 82.8%literacy
- 1,049females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salmara

Of every 100 households in Salmara in 2011, 52 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salmara · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****62%**

**60%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Salmara?

■ Salmara · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1049**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1267**

**942

Working population ****53.6%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 75.8% for women. 58% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (5%) · **■** Marginal 94 (59%)

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 Pingla

- Patgere313 people
- Bhat Bar308 people
- Muksudpur307 people
- Kunjapur299 people
- Saugere294 people
- Balarampur290 people
- Bajpur283 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Paikan Dakshinbar270 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salmara?295 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salmara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salmara?82.8% (Census 2011)