# Selarpur Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Selarpur

Selarpur is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,914 people in 406 households**, the 21st largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 1,914people (2011)
- 406households
- 72.1%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Selarpur

Of every 100 households in Selarpur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Selarpur · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**77%

Use banking services ****88%**

**51%

Television ****9%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Selarpur?

■ Selarpur · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****830**

**980

Working population ****40.8%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 67.3% for women. 54% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 170 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 224 (29%) · **■** Household industry 48 (6%) · **■** Other work 136 (17%) · **■** Marginal 203 (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 Dubrajpur

- Jamthalia2,000 people
- Jalalpur1,963 people
- Hajrapur1,961 people
- Gopalnagar1,934 people
- Baljuri1,913 people
- Palashdanga1,783 people
- Kuita1,769 people
- Bakreswar1,741 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Selarpur?1,914 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Selarpur in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Selarpur?72.1% (Census 2011)