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Saluka Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Saluka is a medium size village located in Gazole Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 324 families residing. The Saluka village has population of 1694 of which 882 are males while 812 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saluka village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 12.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saluka village is 921 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Saluka as per census is 889, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Saluka village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Saluka village was 73.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Saluka Male literacy stands at 79.97 % while female literacy rate was 65.78 %.

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

Saluka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 324 - -
Population 1,694 882 812
Child (0-6) 204 108 96
Schedule Caste 1,433 755 678
Schedule Tribe 2 0 2
Literacy 73.15 % 79.97 % 65.78 %
Total Workers 669 519 150
Main Worker 532 - -
Marginal Worker 137 14 123

Caste Factor

In Saluka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 84.59 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.12 % of total population in Saluka village.

Work Profile

In Saluka village out of total population, 669 were engaged in work activities. 79.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 669 workers engaged in Main Work, 383 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.