# Selampur Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Selampur

Selampur is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,471 people in 929 households**, the 6th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 4,471people (2011)
- 929households
- 77.4%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Selampur

Of every 100 households in Selampur in 2011, 83 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Selampur · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**36%

Tap water ****30%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**85%

Use banking services ****37%**

**40%

Television ****24%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Selampur?

■ Selampur · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**922

Working population ****44.8%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 70.1% for women. 59% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 554 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 367 (18%) · **■** Household industry 93 (5%) · **■** Other work 299 (15%) · **■** Marginal 691 (34%)

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 Goghat - II

- Gar Mandaran6,264 people
- Fului5,984 people
- Shripur4,727 people
- Bengai4,674 people
- Badanganj3,865 people
- Shantipur3,768 people
- Hazipur3,643 people
- Tarahat3,501 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Selampur?4,471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Selampur in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Selampur?77.4% (Census 2011)