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Shankheri Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Shankheri is a medium size village located in Jamuria Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 163 families residing. The Shankheri village has population of 753 of which 387 are males while 366 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankheri village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 14.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankheri village is 946 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankheri as per census is 927, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shankheri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankheri village was 55.02 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shankheri Male literacy stands at 64.16 % while female literacy rate was 45.40 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shankheri 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 Shankheri village.

Shankheri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 163 - -
Population 753 387 366
Child (0-6) 106 55 51
Schedule Caste 50 26 24
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.02 % 64.16 % 45.40 %
Total Workers 239 218 21
Main Worker 207 - -
Marginal Worker 32 21 11

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.64 % of total population in Shankheri village. The village Shankheri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shankheri village out of total population, 239 were engaged in work activities. 86.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 239 workers engaged in Main Work, 193 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.