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Shalikadhanichak Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Shalikadhanichak is a medium size village located in Tamluk Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 427 families residing. The Shalikadhanichak village has population of 1919 of which 987 are males while 932 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shalikadhanichak village population of children with age 0-6 is 240 which makes up 12.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shalikadhanichak village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shalikadhanichak as per census is 875, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shalikadhanichak village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shalikadhanichak village was 90.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shalikadhanichak Male literacy stands at 94.88 % while female literacy rate was 85.61 %.

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

Shalikadhanichak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 427 - -
Population 1,919 987 932
Child (0-6) 240 128 112
Schedule Caste 205 109 96
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.35 % 94.88 % 85.61 %
Total Workers 797 601 196
Main Worker 574 - -
Marginal Worker 223 104 119

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.68 % of total population in Shalikadhanichak village. The village Shalikadhanichak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shalikadhanichak village out of total population, 797 were engaged in work activities. 72.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 797 workers engaged in Main Work, 143 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 311 were Agricultural labourer.