# Saldiha Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Saldiha

Saldiha is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **330 people in 66 households**, the 161st largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 330people (2011)
- 66households
- 59.4%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saldiha

Of every 100 households in Saldiha in 2011, 20 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saldiha · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**84%

Use banking services ****18%**

**50%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**21%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Saldiha?

■ Saldiha · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****441**

**937

Working population ****28.8%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 44.3% for women. 52% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 7 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (17%) · **■** Other work 39 (41%) · **■** Marginal 33 (35%)

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 Kashipur

- Dumdapahari342 people
- Mosla341 people
- Suaria341 people
- Guhagara340 people
- Karanberia318 people
- Shampur317 people
- Dalalata313 people
- Dhulapahari305 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saldiha?330 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saldiha in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saldiha?59.4% (Census 2011)