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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Shalgram

Shalgram is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **653 people in 122 households**, the 75th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 653people (2011)
- 122households
- 57.0%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalgram

Of every 100 households in Shalgram in 2011, 5 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalgram · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****8%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**80%

Use banking services ****5%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****89%**

**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 Shalgram?

■ Shalgram · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.0%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1327**

**973

Working population ****48.2%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 36.8% for women. 50% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (10%) · **■** Household industry 233 (74%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 9 (3%)

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

- Mamudi714 people
- Hesalber702 people
- Chorgali680 people
- Maramu661 people
- Tahaddiri638 people
- Rahan626 people
- Chirugara622 people
- Mahuda618 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalgram?653 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalgram in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalgram?57.0% (Census 2011)