As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural.

[3][4] According to the 2011 Census of India Salanpur had a total population of 4,739 of which 2,454 (52%) were males and 2,285 (48%) were females.

The total number of literate persons in Salanpur was 2,909 (71.28% of the population over 6 years).

The company expected to get around 2,500 acres of land acquired in the subsequent one year and start production in 2012.

[7] With growing resistance to land acquisition the state government was not able to make much headway.