# Salampur Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Salampur

Salampur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **872 people in 169 households**, the 142nd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 872people (2011)
- 169households
- 64.1%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salampur

Of every 100 households in Salampur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salampur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****25%**

**19%

Television ****24%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**28%

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 Salampur?

■ Salampur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**943

Working population ****37.8%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.0% for men and 54.4% for women. 54% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 74 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (23%) · **■** Other work 95 (29%) · **■** Marginal 85 (26%)

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 Karandighi

- Ibrahimpur912 people
- Gorul Bhasa906 people
- Paschim Mahespur906 people
- Gobindapur875 people
- Bazitpur865 people
- Belua865 people
- Kurigaon859 people
- Daluakhari836 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salampur?872 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salampur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salampur?64.1% (Census 2011)