# Shalmara Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shalmara

Shalmara is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **189 people in 43 households**, the 211th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 189people (2011)
- 43households
- 89.4%literacy
- 817females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalmara

Of every 100 households in Shalmara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalmara · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****5%**

**48%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**20%

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 Shalmara?

■ Shalmara · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****817**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****583**

**952

Working population ****80.4%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 85.9% for women. 75% of men and 87% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 9 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 139 (91%)

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 Sabang

- Talukpaikan231 people
- Chak Mukunda228 people
- Sarisa222 people
- Keshyabheri194 people
- Bhadulya181 people
- Ghusinga173 people
- Mohar Batitaki172 people
- Humtikari155 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalmara?189 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalmara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalmara?89.4% (Census 2011)