# Salaidahar Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Salaidahar

Salaidahar is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,719 people in 339 households**, the 34th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,719people (2011)
- 339households
- 63.1%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salaidahar

Of every 100 households in Salaidahar in 2011, 49 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salaidahar · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****63%**

**50%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Salaidahar?

■ Salaidahar · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**987

Working population ****51.0%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 46.6% for women. 55% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (12%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 117 (13%) · **■** Marginal 411 (47%)

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 Arsha

- Hetjari1,915 people
- Karandi1,910 people
- Kantadi1,845 people
- Mankiari1,784 people
- Tumba1,679 people
- Nunya1,648 people
- Goradag1,603 people
- Senabana1,603 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salaidahar?1,719 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salaidahar in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salaidahar?63.1% (Census 2011)