# Shalgara Village, Barjora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barjora, Bankura 

# Shalgara

Shalgara is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,098 people in 462 households**, the 17th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,098people (2011)
- 462households
- 79.7%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalgara

Of every 100 households in Shalgara in 2011, 65 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shalgara · ■ Barjora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**78%

Tap water ****54%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**65%

Use banking services ****56%**

**60%

Television ****45%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shalgara?

■ Shalgara · ■ Barjora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****768**

**943

Working population ****33.9%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 70.3% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 23 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (17%) · **■** Other work 258 (36%) · **■** Marginal 312 (44%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Barjora

- Kadasol2,291 people
- Shitla2,248 people
- Bhagabanpur2,157 people
- Kishoripur2,115 people
- Jagannathpur2,061 people
- Ramchandrapur2,060 people
- Khanrari2,052 people
- Koch Kunda2,041 people

[All 198 villages in Barjora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/barjora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalgara?2,098 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalgara in?Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalgara?79.7% (Census 2011)