Saldiha is a village in

Chhatna Chhatna is a village and a gram panchayat in the Chhatna CD block in the Bankura Sadar subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. History According to the historian Binoy Ghosh, three places claimed to be the hom ...

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Bankura Sadar subdivision Bankura Sadar subdivision is a subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Bankura district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Bankura Sadar subdivision has a density of popula ...

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in the state of

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Geography

Location

Saldiha is located at .

Area overview

The map alongside shows the Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district. Physiographically, this area is part of the Bankura Uplands in the west gradually merging with the Bankura-Bishnupur Rarh Plains in the north-east. The western portions are characterised by undulating terrain with many hills and ridges. The area is having a gradual descent from the

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the b ...

. The soil is

laterite Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...

red and hard beds are covered with scrub jungle and

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wood. Gradually it gives way to just uneven rolling lands but the soil continues to be lateritic. There are coal mines in the northern part, along the

Damodar River Damodar River (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. Rich in mineral resources, the valley is home to large-scale mining and industrial activity. Earlier known as the Sorrow of Bengal bec ...

. It is a predominantly rural area with 89% of the population living in rural areas and only 11% living in the urban areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Shaldiha had a total population of 2,504 of which 1,290 (52%) were males and 1,214 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 321. The total number of literates in Shaldiha was 1,429 (65.46% of the population over 6 years). .*For language details see Chhatna (community development block)#Language and religion

Education

Saldiha College Saldiha College, established in 1966, is the general degree college in Saldiha, Chhatna Block, Bankura district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to Bankura University. Departments Science ...

was established in 1966 with the efforts of a group of people that included Aswini Kumar Pati, Aryya Kumar Banerjee, Dr. Rama Ranjan Mukherjee, Ramchandan, P.C.Ingty and others. Affiliated with the

University of Burdwan The University of Burdwan (also known as Burdwan University or B. U.) is a public university in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. It was established by the West Bengal Government as a teaching and affiliating university on 15 June 1960 wit ...

, it offers honours courses in Bengali, Sanskrit, English, history, political science, economics, physics, chemistry, mathematics, zoology, and general courses in arts, science and commerce. Saldiha College is a recognised study centre of the Vidyasagar University, Directorate of Distance Education, for post graduate courses. It has hostel facilities – three for boys and one for girls. Saldiha Junior High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2009. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII.

References

Villages in Bankura district {{Bankura-geo-stub