Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur
# Solemanpur

Solemanpur is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,201 people in 459 households, the 17th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.
- 2,201 people (2011)
- 459 households
- 79.6% literacy
- 956 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Solemanpur

Of every 100 households in Solemanpur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Solemanpur · ■ Dantan - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 17% 46%
- Toilet within the home 92% 82%
- No toilet (open defecation) 8% 17%
- Tap water 0% 12%
- Drinking water within premises 31% 31%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 98%
- Use banking services 92% 60%
- Television 8% 14%
- Mobile phone 36% 45%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 9% 14%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Solemanpur?

■ Solemanpur · ■ Dantan - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 79.6% 82.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 956 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 859 953
- Working population 45.2% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 70.7% for women. 64% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 49 (5%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 33 (3%) · ■ Marginal 911 (92%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Dantan - II
- Karhia 2,401 people
- Sohag Pur 2,313 people
- Mahisagot 2,272 people
- Punya 2,244 people
- Jahalda 2,186 people
- Renjura 2,178 people
- Shyamsundarpur urf Saimana 2,115 people
- Nahanjara 2,106 people

All 128 villages in Dantan - II

## Other places named Solemanpur
- Solemanpur · Village, Habra - II, North Twenty Four Parganas · 979 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Solemanpur? 2,201 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Solemanpur in? Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Solemanpur? 79.6% (Census 2011)

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