[1] Saralabala Sarkar was born on 10 December 1875 in Katalpora, Nadia District, Bengal Presidency, British Raj.
Her ancestral house was in Bhar Ramdia, Faridpur District, Bengal Presidency.
Her grandmother was Shreemati Rasasundari, a writer herself, notable for her autobiography that provided a keen insight into the life of a 19th-century Bengali housewife.
[2][3] Saralabala Sarkar was a writer and started writing more extensively after the death of her husband.
She wrote a number of essays, poets, and short stories which were published in journals like the Antahpur, Bharatbarsa, Jahnabi, Prabasi, Suprabhat, Sahitya Pradip, Utsaha among others.