# Shalihan Village, Onda, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Onda, Bankura 

# Shalihan

Shalihan is a village in Onda sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,708 people in 385 households**, the 28th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.

- 1,708people (2011)
- 385households
- 63.1%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalihan

Of every 100 households in Shalihan in 2011, 34 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shalihan · ■ Onda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**39%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**19%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**70%

Use banking services ****75%**

**58%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Shalihan?

■ Shalihan · ■ Onda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**65.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**937

Working population ****34.5%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 52.5% for women. 55% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (21%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 72 (12%) · **■** Marginal 277 (47%)

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 Onda

- Ratanpur1,822 people
- Mandar Bani1,809 people
- Bhulanpur1,748 people
- Santor1,739 people
- Jama Dhara1,707 people
- Shinhati1,655 people
- Nakai Guri1,648 people
- Kalyani1,632 people

[All 291 villages in Onda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/onda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalihan?1,708 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalihan in?Bankura district (Onda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalihan?63.1% (Census 2011)