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Shalbani Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Shalbani is a medium size village located in Bundwan Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 106 families residing. The Shalbani village has population of 489 of which 250 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shalbani village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 15.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shalbani village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shalbani as per census is 897, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shalbani village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shalbani village was 77.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shalbani Male literacy stands at 88.15 % while female literacy rate was 66.67 %.

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

Shalbani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 106 - -
Population 489 250 239
Child (0-6) 74 39 35
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.59 % 88.15 % 66.67 %
Total Workers 262 135 127
Main Worker 110 - -
Marginal Worker 152 31 121

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Shalbani village of Puruliya district.

Work Profile

In Shalbani village out of total population, 262 were engaged in work activities. 41.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 262 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.