Village · Garbeta - II, Paschim Medinipur
# Shalband

Shalband is a village in Garbeta - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 486 people in 93 households, the 112th largest of 264 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.
- 486 people (2011)
- 93 households
- 81.3% literacy
- 1,077 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalband

Of every 100 households in Shalband in 2011, 30 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalband · ■ Garbeta - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 30% 54%
- Toilet within the home 12% 19%
- No toilet (open defecation) 88% 81%
- Tap water 0% 11%
- Drinking water within premises 32% 22%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 40% 70%
- Television 14% 21%
- Mobile phone 39% 40%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 10%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 3% 14%
- Own their home 99% 98%

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

## What is the population of Shalband?

■ Shalband · ■ Garbeta - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 81.3% 75.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1077 974
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1079 954
- Working population 48.8% 46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.9% for men and 67.8% for women. 58% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 40 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 66 (28%) · ■ Household industry 4 (2%) · ■ Other work 19 (8%) · ■ Marginal 108 (46%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Garbeta - II
- Metyala 499 people
- Gopalnagar 496 people
- Chunpara 493 people
- Shitalpur 487 people
- Aulia 484 people
- Bhandarpur 484 people
- Indkuri 482 people
- Subalbandi 478 people

All 334 villages in Garbeta - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Shalband? 486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalband in? Paschim Medinipur district (Garbeta - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalband? 81.3% (Census 2011)

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