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About Salpatra Village

Salpatra is a small village in Jhargram tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 204, made up of 109 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721513, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salpatra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salpatra village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Jhargram
Pincode 721513
Area (hectares) 34.68 hectares
Population 204
Male Population 109
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Salpatra compares

By the 2011 count Salpatra is the 269th largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 358 residents. Its 34.68 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Salpatra

Salpatra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salpatra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Rautarapur, Saftaldiha, Sagarbhanga and Sagbandi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Salpatra

As per the Census of India 2011, Salpatra village had a population of 204. That makes it the 269th largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 358 residents.

Salpatra village has 109 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salpatra has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Salpatra is 721513. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salpatra covers 34.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salpatra falls under Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Salpatra notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Salpatra.

Salpatra is in Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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