# Salbani Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Salbani

Salbani is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,627 people in 308 households**, the 25th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,627people (2011)
- 308households
- 68.3%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salbani

Of every 100 households in Salbani in 2011, 38 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Salbani · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**97%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**89%

Use banking services ****23%**

**39%

Television ****11%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Salbani?

■ Salbani · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**57.2%

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

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****734**

**939

Working population ****35.6%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 53.0% for women. 49% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 213 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 110 (19%) · **■** Marginal 221 (38%)

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 Balarampur

- Ghatbera1,858 people
- Karma1,856 people
- Sagma1,818 people
- Giting Lahar1,797 people
- Hanspur1,585 people
- Ruchap1,566 people
- Parbad Kashitanr1,521 people
- Dumari1,484 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salbani?1,627 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salbani in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Salbani?68.3% (Census 2011)