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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PALASH LOHAR
Contact: 90****8811
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- LGD code
- 324501
- Pincode
- 712410
- Post office
- Tarakeswar
- Population
- 597
- Households
- 151
- Literacy rate
- 65%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 430
Census 2011 · in context
How Salepur compares
By population, Salepur ranks #80 of 90 villages in Tarakeswar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.0%
−7.3% vs mandal average
- Salepur
- 65.0%
- Tarakeswar mandal
- 72.3%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
−19 vs mandal average
- Salepur
- 938
- Tarakeswar mandal
- 957
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Salepur
- 4.0
- Tarakeswar mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salepur at a glance
Salepur is a village of 597 people in 151 households (Census 2011) in Tarakeswar block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 80th-largest of 90 villages in Tarakeswar block. Literacy is 65%, 7 points below the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 712410, served by Tarakeswar post office; the LGD village code is 324501. The sarpanch is PALASH LOHAR, and the village votes in Haripal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhumita Ghosh. The population is estimated at 704 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Salepur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 59.82
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Salepur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Salepur
- LGD code
- 324501
- Pincode
- 712410
- Post office
- Tarakeswar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 597
- Population (projected 2026)
- 704
- Households
- 151
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 65.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arambag
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Haripal
- Member of Parliament
- Mitali Bag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhumita Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PALASH LOHAR
- Block / Mandal
- Tarakeswar
Same pincode
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)