# Salapahari Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Salapahari

Salapahari is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,300 people in 267 households**, the 21st largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,300people (2011)
- 267households
- 71.3%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salapahari

Of every 100 households in Salapahari in 2011, 38 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Salapahari · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**94%

Tap water ****6%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****77%**

**50%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Salapahari?

■ Salapahari · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1137**

**969

Working population ****42.4%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 61.4% for women. 55% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 87 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 282 (51%) · **■** Other work 43 (8%) · **■** Marginal 139 (25%)

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 Hirbandh

- Bhojda1,420 people
- Tilabani1,395 people
- Shyamnagar1,385 people
- Ranga1,333 people
- Jhat Pukhuria1,282 people
- Debidia1,228 people
- Diktor1,188 people
- Nischintapur1,127 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salapahari?1,300 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salapahari in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salapahari?71.3% (Census 2011)