# Salbana Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Salbana

Salbana is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,994 people in 478 households**, the 44th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,994people (2011)
- 478households
- 68.4%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salbana

Of every 100 households in Salbana in 2011, 10 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salbana · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**75%

Tap water ****12%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****36%**

**33%

Television ****12%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Salbana?

■ Salbana · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**979

Working population ****40.3%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 61.6% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 162 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 231 (29%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 332 (41%) · **■** Marginal 55 (7%)

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 Gazole

- Alal2,050 people
- Mudafat Habinagar2,034 people
- Sakrol2,022 people
- Chak Nagar1,998 people
- Khordahil1,977 people
- Fatepur1,964 people
- Pandua1,911 people
- Mahil1,887 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salbana?1,994 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salbana in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salbana?68.4% (Census 2011)