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Shaktal Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Shaktal is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 366 families residing. The Shaktal village has population of 1523 of which 800 are males while 723 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shaktal village population of children with age 0-6 is 219 which makes up 14.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shaktal village is 904 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shaktal as per census is 938, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shaktal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shaktal village was 62.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shaktal Male literacy stands at 63.46 % while female literacy rate was 60.78 %.

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

Shaktal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 366 - -
Population 1,523 800 723
Child (0-6) 219 113 106
Schedule Caste 171 85 86
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.19 % 63.46 % 60.78 %
Total Workers 605 484 121
Main Worker 248 - -
Marginal Worker 357 254 103

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.23 % of total population in Shaktal village. The village Shaktal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shaktal village out of total population, 605 were engaged in work activities. 40.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 605 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 135 were Agricultural labourer.