# Sehalai Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Sehalai

Sehalai is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,408 people in 315 households**, the 43rd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,408people (2011)
- 315households
- 59.8%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sehalai

Of every 100 households in Sehalai in 2011, 26 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sehalai · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**73%

Tap water ****6%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**18%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**82%

Use banking services ****62%**

**61%

Television ****13%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Sehalai?

■ Sehalai · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1196**

**972

Working population ****58.9%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 53.5% for women. 65% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (15%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 77 (9%) · **■** Marginal 562 (68%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Bara Simulia1,572 people
- Ikshudhara1,521 people
- Pashchim Bergram1,516 people
- Sahajapur1,488 people
- Keshabpur1,377 people
- Ghidaha1,367 people
- Sarbbanandapur1,349 people
- Dihipara1,348 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sehalai?1,408 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sehalai in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sehalai?59.8% (Census 2011)