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Shalkhair Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Shalkhair is a small village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 32 families residing. The Shalkhair village has population of 138 of which 67 are males while 71 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shalkhair village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 18.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shalkhair village is 1060 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shalkhair as per census is 444, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shalkhair village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shalkhair village was 45.54 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shalkhair Male literacy stands at 51.02 % while female literacy rate was 41.27 %.

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

Shalkhair Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 138 67 71
Child (0-6) 26 18 8
Schedule Caste 138 67 71
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 45.54 % 51.02 % 41.27 %
Total Workers 77 38 39
Main Worker 14 - -
Marginal Worker 63 26 37

Caste Factor

In Shalkhair village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Shalkhair village. The village Shalkhair currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shalkhair village out of total population, 77 were engaged in work activities. 18.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 77 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.