# Selera Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Selera

Selera is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,170 people in 242 households**, the 55th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,170people (2011)
- 242households
- 60.1%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Selera

Of every 100 households in Selera in 2011, 25 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Selera · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**67%

Use banking services ****27%**

**43%

Television ****14%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**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 Selera?

■ Selera · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**908

Working population ****35.7%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 45.4% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 129 (31%) · **■** Marginal 237 (57%)

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

- Pheguasol1,230 people
- Machh Banda1,222 people
- Beldanga1,219 people
- Ramkanali1,173 people
- Bhatla Para1,152 people
- Jemua1,138 people
- Birra1,101 people
- Ghanashyampur1,025 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Selera?1,170 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Selera in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Selera?60.1% (Census 2011)