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Sahilapur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Sahilapur is a large village located in Kaliachak - III Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 590 families residing. The Sahilapur village has population of 2984 of which 1544 are males while 1440 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahilapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 419 which makes up 14.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahilapur village is 933 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahilapur as per census is 958, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sahilapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahilapur village was 60.08 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sahilapur Male literacy stands at 67.29 % while female literacy rate was 52.31 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sahilapur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sahilapur village.

Sahilapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 590 - -
Population 2,984 1,544 1,440
Child (0-6) 419 214 205
Schedule Caste 2,213 1,147 1,066
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.08 % 67.29 % 52.31 %
Total Workers 1,372 881 491
Main Worker 712 - -
Marginal Worker 660 345 315

Caste Factor

In Sahilapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 74.16 % of total population in Sahilapur village. The village Sahilapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sahilapur village out of total population, 1372 were engaged in work activities. 51.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1372 workers engaged in Main Work, 245 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 288 were Agricultural labourer.