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About Salmara Village

Salmara is a mid sized village in Cooch Behar II tehsil, in the district of Koch Bihar, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,642, made up of 874 males and 768 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 260.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 736121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salmara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salmara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Koch Bihar
Tehsil Cooch Behar II
Pincode 736121
Area (hectares) 260.81 hectares
Population 1,642
Male Population 874
Female Population 768
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salmara compares

By the 2011 count Salmara is the 53rd largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,612 residents. Its 260.81 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Salmara

Salmara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salmara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Putimari Baksibas, Raserkuthi, Sajher Parkhatalbari and Sajherpar Ghoramara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Salmara

As per the Census of India 2011, Salmara village had a population of 1,642. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,612 residents.

Salmara village has 874 males and 768 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salmara has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Salmara is 736121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salmara covers 260.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salmara falls under Cooch Behar II tehsil of Koch Bihar district in West Bengal.

The census record for Salmara notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salmara.

Salmara is in Cooch Behar II tehsil of Koch Bihar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Salmara today is likely to be higher.

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