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Salmara Population - Katihar, Bihar

Salmara is a medium size village located in Azamnagar Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 337 families residing. The Salmara village has population of 1793 of which 949 are males while 844 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salmara village population of children with age 0-6 is 299 which makes up 16.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salmara village is 889 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Salmara as per census is 790, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Salmara village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Salmara village was 65.66 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Salmara Male literacy stands at 76.34 % while female literacy rate was 53.93 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Salmara 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 Salmara village.

Salmara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 337 - -
Population 1,793 949 844
Child (0-6) 299 167 132
Schedule Caste 28 19 9
Schedule Tribe 8 3 5
Literacy 65.66 % 76.34 % 53.93 %
Total Workers 478 426 52
Main Worker 422 - -
Marginal Worker 56 36 20

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.56 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.45 % of total population in Salmara village.

Work Profile

In Salmara village out of total population, 478 were engaged in work activities. 88.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 478 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 124 were Agricultural labourer.