# Shal Dahari Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shal Dahari

Shal Dahari is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,441 people in 315 households**, the 28th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,441people (2011)
- 315households
- 75.0%literacy
- 1,076females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shal Dahari

Of every 100 households in Shal Dahari in 2011, 45 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shal Dahari · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**63%

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

**34%

Tap water ****11%**

**7%

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

**20%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****78%**

**50%

Television ****19%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shal Dahari?

■ Shal Dahari · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1076**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1149**

**988

Working population ****57.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 65.7% for women. 63% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 253 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (3%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 81 (10%) · **■** Marginal 455 (55%)

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 Debra

- Abdalipur1,588 people
- Nanda Bari1,523 people
- Loyada1,520 people
- Jabagerya1,446 people
- Chandipur1,400 people
- Ramchandrapur1,399 people
- Khas Kendu Bagicha1,398 people
- Chak Madhuri1,394 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shal Dahari?1,441 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shal Dahari in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shal Dahari?75.0% (Census 2011)