# Salbedya Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Salbedya

Salbedya is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **894 people in 177 households**, the 68th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 894people (2011)
- 177households
- 81.0%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salbedya

Of every 100 households in Salbedya in 2011, 69 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salbedya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****18%**

**67%

Use banking services ****39%**

**43%

Television ****39%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Salbedya?

■ Salbedya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**908

Working population ****27.3%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 73.2% for women. 44% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 24 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 99 (41%) · **■** Marginal 112 (46%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Subar Nator937 people
- Ranga Metya919 people
- Chaitanyapur902 people
- Madanpur896 people
- Bhaluka Pahari888 people
- Balijora860 people
- Dhabani856 people
- Rajarampur850 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salbedya?894 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salbedya in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salbedya?81.0% (Census 2011)