# Shalroha Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Shalroha

Shalroha is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,552 people in 409 households**, the 23rd largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,552people (2011)
- 409households
- 60.2%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalroha

Of every 100 households in Shalroha in 2011, 22 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shalroha · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

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

**66%

Use banking services ****70%**

**45%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shalroha?

■ Shalroha · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****794**

**939

Working population ****42.0%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.3% for men and 45.8% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (19%) · **■** Household industry 22 (3%) · **■** Other work 281 (43%) · **■** Marginal 170 (26%)

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 Saltora

- Ledapalash1,665 people
- Haroka1,660 people
- Jhanka1,652 people
- Udaypur1,649 people
- Rautara1,551 people
- Tentularakh1,474 people
- Dhekia1,473 people
- Kastara1,461 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalroha?1,552 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalroha in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalroha?60.2% (Census 2011)