Saltora
Saltora block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722158
· village code 326059
Population 2011
3,966
Census of India
Population 2020
4,750
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.8%
784 people · 2.0% a year
Households
910
+2.9% vs 884 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,966
Male / female
2,037 / 1,929
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
400
Literacy rate
65.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,663 / 46
Working population
1,472
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
26.9%
Households
884
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
312
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
220
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
45 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
45 / 18 / 5
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Saltora panchayat, Saltora 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
₹48.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹75.99 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹85.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.07 lakh · received ₹31.23 lakh · spent ₹34.42 lakh · left ₹13.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.15 lakh · received ₹44.76 lakh · spent ₹51.42 lakh · left ₹24.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5135, 86.9102 —
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