# Samalpur Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Samalpur

Samalpur is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **783 people in 161 households**, the 61st largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 783people (2011)
- 161households
- 42.6%literacy
- 1,111females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samalpur

Of every 100 households in Samalpur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samalpur · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****96%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****21%**

**30%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****70%**

**35%

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 Samalpur?

■ Samalpur · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.6%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1111**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1121**

**973

Working population ****44.6%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.3% for men and 24.8% for women. 57% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 18 (5%) · **■** Other work 29 (8%) · **■** Marginal 208 (60%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Panrua826 people
- Jhilinglahar815 people
- Arkali812 people
- Chayadi811 people
- Jaharhatu774 people
- Kanriyar773 people
- Banahata764 people
- Tiraldi Alias Goaladi758 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samalpur?783 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samalpur in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samalpur?42.6% (Census 2011)