About Shalmara Village

Shalmara is a small village in Sabang tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 189, made up of 104 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shalmara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shalmara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sabang
Pincode	721434
Area (hectares)	58.68 hectares
Population	189
Male Population	104
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	817
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shalmara compares

By the 2011 count Shalmara is the 208th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 58.68 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 954.

Getting to Shalmara

Shalmara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shalmara 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sanyasibar, Sarisa, Sartla and Satsai. 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.

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Common questions about Shalmara

As per the Census of India 2011, Shalmara village had a population of 189. That makes it the 208th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Shalmara village has 104 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shalmara has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Shalmara is 721434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shalmara covers 58.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shalmara falls under Sabang tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Shalmara notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Shalmara.

Shalmara is in Sabang 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.