# Selani Village, Jaipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaipur, Puruliya 

# Selani

Selani is a village in Jaipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **834 people in 166 households**, the 61st largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 834people (2011)
- 166households
- 67.6%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Selani

Of every 100 households in Selani in 2011, 55 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Selani · ■ Jaipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**89%

Use banking services ****40%**

**49%

Television ****16%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Selani?

■ Selani · ■ Jaipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1102**

**937

Working population ****36.6%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 52.6% for women. 58% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 49 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 25 (8%) · **■** Marginal 228 (75%)

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 Jaipur

- Bangora901 people
- Sabanpur891 people
- Panrga854 people
- Pipratanr834 people
- Bhadadi828 people
- Baliagora817 people
- Dimdiha773 people
- Shalagram765 people

[All 112 villages in Jaipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jaipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Selani?834 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Selani in?Puruliya district (Jaipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Selani?67.6% (Census 2011)