# Shaljora Village, Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shaljora

Shaljora is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,331 people in 313 households**, the 51st largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,331people (2011)
- 313households
- 88.6%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shaljora

Of every 100 households in Shaljora in 2011, 13 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shaljora · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**44%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****49%**

**61%

Television ****7%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**17%

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 Shaljora?

■ Shaljora · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**942

Working population ****41.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.7% for men and 81.1% for women. 62% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 156 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 224 (41%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 71 (13%) · **■** Marginal 95 (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 Narayangarh

- Gopinath Pur1,390 people
- Takla1,377 people
- Benadiha1,365 people
- Mayna Para1,358 people
- Binai1,325 people
- Kuchli1,297 people
- Bakhrabad1,295 people
- Makrampur1,288 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shaljora?1,331 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shaljora in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shaljora?88.6% (Census 2011)