# Salghati Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Salghati

Salghati is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **364 people in 62 households**, the 160th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 364people (2011)
- 62households
- 63.8%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salghati

Of every 100 households in Salghati in 2011, 56 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salghati · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****5%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****27%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Salghati?

■ Salghati · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.8%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**957

Working population ****54.1%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 45.8% for women. 54% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 195 (99%)

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 Barabazar

- Kuturkuma388 people
- Kerar374 people
- Bamu373 people
- Gorsai364 people
- Ramkanali357 people
- Motiramdih341 people
- Sarajang340 people
- Bhalukdih332 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salghati?364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salghati in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salghati?63.8% (Census 2011)