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Saltara Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Saltara is a medium size village located in Taldangra Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 338 families residing. The Saltara village has population of 1510 of which 740 are males while 770 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saltara village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 9.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saltara village is 1041 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Saltara as per census is 974, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Saltara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Saltara village was 83.16 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Saltara Male literacy stands at 91.27 % while female literacy rate was 75.43 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Saltara village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Saltara village.

Saltara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 338 - -
Population 1,510 740 770
Child (0-6) 150 76 74
Schedule Caste 53 25 28
Schedule Tribe 170 83 87
Literacy 83.16 % 91.27 % 75.43 %
Total Workers 481 408 73
Main Worker 412 - -
Marginal Worker 69 38 31

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.26 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.51 % of total population in Saltara village.

Work Profile

In Saltara village out of total population, 481 were engaged in work activities. 85.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 481 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 264 were Agricultural labourer.