# Shalgaon Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shalgaon

Shalgaon is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **433 people in 103 households**, the 188th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 433people (2011)
- 103households
- 60.2%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalgaon

Of every 100 households in Shalgaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shalgaon · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****10%**

**26%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**33%

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 Shalgaon?

■ Shalgaon · ■ Tapan rural average

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

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**954

Working population ****51.0%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.6% for men and 54.4% for women. 64% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (42%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 69 (31%)

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 Tapan

- Saralbati449 people
- Nihinagar437 people
- Shishrail435 people
- Berali434 people
- Enayetpur432 people
- Walipara430 people
- Hazipur425 people
- Bhaginagar421 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalgaon?433 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalgaon in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalgaon?60.2% (Census 2011)