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

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Village · Jaipur, Puruliya 

# Shalagram

Shalagram is a village in Jaipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **369 people in 60 households**, the 92nd largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 369people (2011)
- 60households
- 63.1%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalagram

Of every 100 households in Shalagram in 2011, 80 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalagram · ■ Jaipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**11%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**89%

Use banking services ****64%**

**49%

Television ****14%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shalagram?

■ Shalagram · ■ Jaipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**937

Working population ****27.1%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 38.8% for women. 46% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 80 (80%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 12 (12%) · **■** Marginal 6 (6%)

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

- Udaypur409 people
- Baijnathdi Alias Dokatanr405 people
- Gupinathpur401 people
- Banshgar391 people
- Layadi366 people
- Ratnadi362 people
- Kalikapur354 people
- Dahikunri331 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalagram?369 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalagram in?Puruliya district (Jaipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalagram?63.1% (Census 2011)