# Uttar Shalbari Village, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Uttar Shalbari

Uttar Shalbari is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,010 people in 434 households**, the 81st largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 2,010people (2011)
- 434households
- 66.4%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Shalbari

Of every 100 households in Uttar Shalbari in 2011, 4 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Shalbari · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**61%

Tap water ****10%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**56%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****89%**

**58%

Television ****12%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**78%

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 Uttar Shalbari?

■ Uttar Shalbari · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**69.2%

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

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**962

Working population ****45.2%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 58.8% for women. 58% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 231 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 260 (29%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 94 (10%) · **■** Marginal 314 (35%)

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 Dhupguri

- Dakhin Nunkhawa Danga2,318 people
- Paschim Duramari2,213 people
- Chauhaddi2,205 people
- Gadhear Kuti2,048 people
- Sonakhuli1,950 people
- Dakshin Sakojhora1,940 people
- Paschim Dangapara1,864 people
- Gadang Dwitia Khanda1,762 people

[All 102 villages in Dhupguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/dhupguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Shalbari?2,010 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Shalbari in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Shalbari?66.4% (Census 2011)