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Salboni (also written as Shalbani, Salbani) is a village in the
Salboni Salboni (also written as Shalbani, Salbani) is a village in the Salboni CD block, in the Medinipur Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Salboni is the location of one of the Reserve Bank of I ...
CD block, in the
Medinipur Sadar subdivision Medinipur Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Paschim Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions, after separati ...
of the
Paschim Medinipur Paschim Medinipur (English: ''West Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the partition of Midnapore into Paschim Medinipur a ...
district in the
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. Salboni is the location of one of the
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currency printing presses and the elite CoBRA BN of CRPF.


History

Raja Horogobindo Banerjee, popularly known as Horo Thakur, succeeded his father Raja Dr. Keshab Chandra Banerjee and ruled the region. During his lifetime, Banerjee established several
Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...
schools as well as a college called "Horogobindo Chatuspathi." Horogobindo Chatuspathi is considered to have been a vibrant hub, having played host to an annual seminar that was nearly always attended by Acharya Vinobha Vabe. During
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, Salboni was the site of a
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airfield (''RAF Salbani''). British officers are buried in the Sal Tree Jungle in Salboni .


Geography


Location

Salboni is located in West Bengal at the coordinates of . It has an average elevation of 25 metres (85 feet). It is on NH 60.


Area overview

Paschim Medinipur district (before separation of Jhargram) had a total forest area of 1,700 km2, accounting for 14.31% of the total forested area of the state. It is obvious from the map of the Midnapore Sadar subdivision, placed alongside, is that there are large stretches of forests in the subdivision. The soil is predominantly
lateritic Laterite is a soil 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 intensive and prolo ...
. Around 30% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision. 13.95% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.05% in the rural 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

According to the 2011 Census of India Salboni had a population of 3,963, of which 1,973 (50%) were males and 1,990 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 371. The total number of literate persons in Salboni was 3,080 (77.72% of the population over 6 years). .*For language details see Salboni (community development block)#Language and religion


Civic administration


CD block HQ

The headquarters of Salboni block are located at Salboni.


Police station

Salboni police station has jurisdiction over
Salboni Salboni (also written as Shalbani, Salbani) is a village in the Salboni CD block, in the Medinipur Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Salboni is the location of one of the Reserve Bank of I ...
CD block.


Economy

Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the
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, has banknote printing presses at Salboni and Mysore with a capacity of 16 billion note pieces per year. On 11 January 2007
JSW Steel JSW Steel Limited is an Indian multinational steel producer based in Mumbai and is a flagship company of the JSW Group. After the merger of Bhushan Power & Steel, Ispat Steel and Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Limited, JSW Steel became India's sec ...
had announced plans to construct a 10 million tonne
steel plant A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel. It may be an integrated steel works carrying out all steps of steelmaking from smelting iron ore to rolled product, but may also be a plant where steel semi-finish ...
in Salboni. Construction costs were estimated to be around 35,000
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(5,3 million dollars). The plant was to be built on a 4300-acre plot of which 4000 acres were
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government land, 300 acres were bought from locals and 134 acres of the land was purposed for a
cement plant A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mix ...
. Unable to secure iron ore linkage, local villagers became disillusioned with the construction plans, as the projected economic boost failed to materialize. In 2014,
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announced that it would be returning 300 acres of land back to their original owners. After statements by the government that it would take back its land if it were left unused,
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announced in early 2016 that they were to build a cement plant and a
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, and are looking to expand their plans where possible.


Transport

Salboni is well connected with major towns in the district by road. Salboni railway station is situated on
Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line The Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line is part of Mednipur, Bankura, Purulia district. It links Kharagpur to Adra and Bankura in Eastern India, and also serves as a major freight line for transporting iron ore, coal and steel products to Haldia Port ...
of South Eastern railway division.


Healthcare

Salboni Rural Hospital, with 35 beds at Salboni, is the major government medical facility in the Salboni CD block.


References


External links


Steel website
{{Paschim Medinipur District Villages in Paschim Medinipur district