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Shalchaturia Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Shalchaturia is a medium size village located in Sonamukhi Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 164 families residing. The Shalchaturia village has population of 853 of which 428 are males while 425 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shalchaturia village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 11.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shalchaturia village is 993 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shalchaturia as per census is 962, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shalchaturia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shalchaturia village was 69.77 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shalchaturia Male literacy stands at 79.52 % while female literacy rate was 60.00 %.

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

Shalchaturia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 164 - -
Population 853 428 425
Child (0-6) 102 52 50
Schedule Caste 66 34 32
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.77 % 79.52 % 60.00 %
Total Workers 426 263 163
Main Worker 288 - -
Marginal Worker 138 34 104

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.74 % of total population in Shalchaturia village. The village Shalchaturia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shalchaturia village out of total population, 426 were engaged in work activities. 67.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 426 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.