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Shalchura Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Shalchura is a medium size village located in Chhatna Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 221 families residing. The Shalchura village has population of 997 of which 520 are males while 477 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shalchura village population of children with age 0-6 is 113 which makes up 11.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shalchura village is 917 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shalchura as per census is 982, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shalchura village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shalchura village was 79.64 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shalchura Male literacy stands at 88.55 % while female literacy rate was 69.83 %.

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

Shalchura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 221 - -
Population 997 520 477
Child (0-6) 113 57 56
Schedule Caste 247 128 119
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.64 % 88.55 % 69.83 %
Total Workers 408 317 91
Main Worker 298 - -
Marginal Worker 110 45 65

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.77 % of total population in Shalchura village. The village Shalchura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shalchura village out of total population, 408 were engaged in work activities. 73.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 408 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 63 were Agricultural labourer.