Shilingda Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Shilingda is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 82 families residing. The Shilingda village has population of 369 of which 195 are males while 174 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shilingda village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 18.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shilingda village is 892 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shilingda as per census is 838, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shilingda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shilingda village was 48.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shilingda Male literacy stands at 63.92 % while female literacy rate was 31.47 %.

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

Shilingda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	82	-	-
Population	369	195	174
Child (0-6)	68	37	31
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	369	195	174
Literacy	48.50 %	63.92 %	31.47 %
Total Workers	195	104	91
Main Worker	81	-	-
Marginal Worker	114	29	85

Caste Factor

In Shilingda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Shilingda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shilingda village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Shilingda village out of total population, 195 were engaged in work activities. 41.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 195 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.