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Welcome To The West Bengal Village Where English Language Is A Family Affair!
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ranjit Mallik
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- LGD code
- 319768
- Pincode
- 713121
- Post office
- Aruar
- Population
- 1,740
- Households
- 402
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Sex ratio
- 914 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 926
Census 2011 · in context
How Salkuni compares
By population, Salkuni ranks #59 of 107 villages in Bhatar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.5%
+5.8% vs mandal average
- Salkuni
- 69.5%
- Bhatar mandal
- 63.7%
- Purba Bardhaman district
- 68.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
914
−48 vs mandal average
- Salkuni
- 914
- Bhatar mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Salkuni
- 4.3
- Bhatar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salkuni at a glance
Salkuni is a village of 1,740 people in 402 households (Census 2011) in Bhatar block, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, the 59th-largest of 107 villages in Bhatar block. Literacy is 70%, 6 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 713121, served by Aruar post office; the LGD village code is 319768. The sarpanch is Ranjit Mallik, and the village votes in Bhatar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Soumen Karfa. The population is estimated at 2,051 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salkuni · this village | 1,740 | 70% | — |
| Kashipur · Bhatar | 5,457 | 61% | — |
| Sonchalida · Bhatar | 1,896 | 57% | — |
| Bigra · Bhatar | 1,863 | 63% | — |
| Nurpur · Bhatar | 740 | 62% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Salkuni
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 252.63
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 161.57
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Salkuni
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Salkuni
- LGD code
- 319768
- Pincode
- 713121
- Post office
- Aruar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,740
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,051
- Households
- 402
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 914
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bardhaman-Durgapur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatar
- Member of Parliament
- Kirti Azad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Soumen Karfa
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ranjit Mallik
- Block / Mandal
- Bhatar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 713121
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)