# 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 **765 people in 138 households**, the 65th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 765people (2011)
- 138households
- 73.2%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalagram

Of every 100 households in Shalagram in 2011, 28 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shalagram · ■ Jaipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**40%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****96%**

**49%

Television ****13%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Shalagram?

■ Shalagram · ■ Jaipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**937

Working population ****63.1%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 60.9% for women. 64% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (5%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 48 (10%) · **■** Marginal 379 (78%)

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

- Selani834 people
- Bhadadi828 people
- Baliagora817 people
- Dimdiha773 people
- Talmu753 people
- Balibhasa743 people
- Dhabani729 people
- Dhumadi729 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalagram?765 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalagram in?Puruliya district (Jaipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalagram?73.2% (Census 2011)