Shitaljor Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Shitaljor is a medium size village located in Sonamukhi Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 142 families residing. The Shitaljor village has population of 687 of which 349 are males while 338 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shitaljor village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 13.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shitaljor village is 968 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shitaljor as per census is 1043, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shitaljor village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shitaljor village was 66.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shitaljor Male literacy stands at 77.81 % while female literacy rate was 55.02 %.

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

Shitaljor Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	142	-	-
Population	687	349	338
Child (0-6)	96	47	49
Schedule Caste	299	152	147
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	66.67 %	77.81 %	55.02 %
Total Workers	308	221	87
Main Worker	119	-	-
Marginal Worker	189	106	83

Caste Factor

In Shitaljor village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.52 % of total population in Shitaljor village. The village Shitaljor currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shitaljor village out of total population, 308 were engaged in work activities. 38.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 308 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.