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Shalkap Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Shalkap is a medium size village located in Indpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 183 families residing. The Shalkap village has population of 1004 of which 495 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shalkap village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 14.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shalkap village is 1028 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shalkap as per census is 947, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shalkap village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shalkap village was 68.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shalkap Male literacy stands at 75.71 % while female literacy rate was 61.42 %.

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

Shalkap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 183 - -
Population 1,004 495 509
Child (0-6) 146 75 71
Schedule Caste 556 278 278
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.41 % 75.71 % 61.42 %
Total Workers 427 275 152
Main Worker 413 - -
Marginal Worker 14 9 5

Caste Factor

In Shalkap village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.38 % of total population in Shalkap village. The village Shalkap currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shalkap village out of total population, 427 were engaged in work activities. 96.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 427 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 286 were Agricultural labourer.