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Shailapur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Shailapur is a large village located in English Bazar Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 451 families residing. The Shailapur village has population of 2432 of which 1244 are males while 1188 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shailapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 455 which makes up 18.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shailapur village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shailapur as per census is 1068, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shailapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shailapur village was 46.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shailapur Male literacy stands at 44.53 % while female literacy rate was 47.95 %.

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

Shailapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 451 - -
Population 2,432 1,244 1,188
Child (0-6) 455 220 235
Schedule Caste 92 52 40
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 46.18 % 44.53 % 47.95 %
Total Workers 796 632 164
Main Worker 747 - -
Marginal Worker 49 29 20

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.78 % of total population in Shailapur village. The village Shailapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shailapur village out of total population, 796 were engaged in work activities. 93.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 796 workers engaged in Main Work, 95 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 276 were Agricultural labourer.