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Saldaha Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Saldaha is a large village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 510 families residing. The Saldaha village has population of 2384 of which 1247 are males while 1137 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saldaha village population of children with age 0-6 is 445 which makes up 18.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saldaha village is 912 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Saldaha as per census is 918, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Saldaha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Saldaha village was 36.82 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Saldaha Male literacy stands at 34.29 % while female literacy rate was 39.61 %.

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

Saldaha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 510 - -
Population 2,384 1,247 1,137
Child (0-6) 445 232 213
Schedule Caste 89 49 40
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 36.82 % 34.29 % 39.61 %
Total Workers 747 644 103
Main Worker 583 - -
Marginal Worker 164 131 33

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.73 % of total population in Saldaha village. The village Saldaha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Saldaha village out of total population, 747 were engaged in work activities. 78.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 747 workers engaged in Main Work, 203 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 343 were Agricultural labourer.