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About Salbani Village

Salbani is a small village in Binpur I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 249, made up of 147 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 694 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.53 hectares hectares.

Salbani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salbani village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Binpur I
Area (hectares) 31.53 hectares
Population 249
Male Population 147
Female Population 102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 694
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salbani compares

By the 2011 count Salbani is the 180th largest of the 381 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 373 residents. Its 31.53 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Salbani

Salbani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salbani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salbani from other places

Salbani lies about 27 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Salboni, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Salbani
Nearest railway station Salboni under 2 km
Nearest town Chandrakona 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Binpur I 27 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 27 km

Villages closest to Salbani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Binpur I tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Salbani

As per the Census of India 2011, Salbani village had a population of 249. That makes it the 180th largest of the 381 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 373 residents.

Salbani village has 147 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salbani has about 694 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Salbani covers 31.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Salbani falls under Binpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Salbani is Salboni, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Salbani.

Salbani is about 27 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salbani is in Binpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Salboni is about under 2 km away. Chandrakona is about 22 km away. Binpur I is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Salbani (under 2 km), Nalbani (under 2 km) and Arma (19 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Salbani today is likely to be higher.

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