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Shilghagri Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Shilghagri is a medium size village located in Tufanganj - II Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 419 families residing. The Shilghagri village has population of 1703 of which 901 are males while 802 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shilghagri village population of children with age 0-6 is 207 which makes up 12.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shilghagri village is 890 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shilghagri as per census is 899, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shilghagri village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shilghagri village was 83.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shilghagri Male literacy stands at 87.63 % while female literacy rate was 78.41 %.

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

Shilghagri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 419 - -
Population 1,703 901 802
Child (0-6) 207 109 98
Schedule Caste 339 175 164
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.29 % 87.63 % 78.41 %
Total Workers 632 547 85
Main Worker 544 - -
Marginal Worker 88 42 46

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.91 % of total population in Shilghagri village. The village Shilghagri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shilghagri village out of total population, 632 were engaged in work activities. 86.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 632 workers engaged in Main Work, 232 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 161 were Agricultural labourer.