Salboni

Salboni is a village in Salboni CD Block, situated in the Medinipur Sadar subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Salboni is the location of one of the Reserve Bank of India currency printing presses.HistoryDuring World War II, Salboni was the site of a Royal Air Force base RAF Salbani. Raja Horogobindo Banerjee, popularly known as "Horo Thakur" for his learning, lived in the region. During his lifetime, Banerjee established several Sanskrit schools, and also a college, "Horogobindo Chatuspathi", where the and revered teacher and independence leader Acharya Vinobha Vabe came almost every year to attend a seminar. This Chatuspathi, now in ruins, was also at one time a hiding place for Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the "Gandhi of the Border" when he came to a meeting in Salboni... Rathtalla in Salboni is where the famous Rath Mela of Lord Jagannath was heldSome British officers are buried in the "sal tree jungle" in Salboni.GeographySalboni is located at.It has an average elevation of 25 metres (85 feet).It is on NH 60.DemographicsAs per 2011 Census of India Salbani had a total population of 3,963, of which 1,973 (50%) were males and 1,990 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 371. The total number of literates in Salbani was 3,080 (77.72% of the population over 6 years).