Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Shaktihar Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Shaktihar is a medium size village located in Chanchal - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 344 families residing. The Shaktihar village has population of 1410 of which 705 are males while 705 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shaktihar village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 11.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shaktihar village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shaktihar as per census is 1013, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shaktihar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shaktihar village was 64.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shaktihar Male literacy stands at 70.29 % while female literacy rate was 59.20 %.

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

Shaktihar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 344 - -
Population 1,410 705 705
Child (0-6) 159 79 80
Schedule Caste 178 87 91
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.75 % 70.29 % 59.20 %
Total Workers 415 378 37
Main Worker 396 - -
Marginal Worker 19 14 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.62 % of total population in Shaktihar village. The village Shaktihar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shaktihar village out of total population, 415 were engaged in work activities. 95.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 415 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 174 were Agricultural labourer.