Salmara
Manikpur block · Bongaigaon
district, Assam · PIN 783391
· village code 301721
Population 2011
888
Census of India
Population 2020
1,370
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+54.3%
482 people · 4.9% a year
Households
253
+48.8% vs 170 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
888
Male / female
450 / 438
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
973
Children aged 0–6
172
Literacy rate
56.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
108 / 0
Working population
421
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
64.6%
Households
170
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
160
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
95
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 90 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nowapara panchayat, Manikpur zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹1.26 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24.57 lakh
Received directly
₹14.74 lakh
Spent
₹53.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.12 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹63.96 lakh · received ₹9.83 lakh · spent ₹45.39 lakh · left ₹28.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹62.42 lakh · received ₹14.74 lakh · spent ₹7.86 lakh · left ₹84.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4144, 90.5126 —
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Nearby villages
Salabila No.2
compare · Salabila No.3
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compare · Sankarghola Pt I
compare · Sankarghola Pt II
compare · Santoshpur Pt I
compare · Santoshpur Pt II
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How this village compares
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