# Shalbari Village, Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Shalbari

Shalbari is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,511 people in 623 households**, the 38th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 2,511people (2011)
- 623households
- 65.9%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalbari

Of every 100 households in Shalbari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalbari · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**47%

Tap water ****12%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**83%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****48%**

**40%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shalbari?

■ Shalbari · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**942

Working population ****38.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 55.6% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 463 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 304 (31%) · **■** Other work 39 (4%) · **■** Marginal 169 (17%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Maghpala2,745 people
- Charaker Kuthi2,693 people
- Rasidanga Pratham Khanda2,548 people
- Ghegirghat2,545 people
- Morangamari2,347 people
- Dalua Dasgir2,346 people
- Simulguri2,329 people
- Nakkati2,276 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalbari?2,511 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalbari in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalbari?65.9% (Census 2011)