# Shalpara Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Shalpara

Shalpara is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **486 people in 92 households**, the 107th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 486people (2011)
- 92households
- 79.3%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalpara

Of every 100 households in Shalpara in 2011, 64 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shalpara · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**95%

Tap water ****82%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****91%**

**31%

Television ****33%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Shalpara?

■ Shalpara · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1118**

**939

Working population ****25.9%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 66.2% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (40%) · **■** Marginal 64 (51%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Budhpur496 people
- Patharkata496 people
- Kamalpur489 people
- Mukundapur489 people
- Datardi482 people
- Larra478 people
- Dhabani475 people
- Radhamadhabpur467 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalpara?486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalpara in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalpara?79.3% (Census 2011)