# Saltaria Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Saltaria

Saltaria is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **149 people in 34 households**, the 213th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 149people (2011)
- 34households
- 50.4%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saltaria

Of every 100 households in Saltaria in 2011, 53 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saltaria · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****28%**

**51%

Television ****3%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Saltaria?

■ Saltaria · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.4%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**973

Working population ****57.7%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.7% for men and 43.5% for women. 63% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (57%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 31 (36%)

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 Sankrail

- Kendu Danga Danrisol165 people
- Sindurgaura164 people
- Kasturia157 people
- Kendugari155 people
- Sidakara149 people
- Shuknakhali146 people
- Asanbani145 people
- Bankati145 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saltaria?149 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saltaria in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saltaria?50.4% (Census 2011)