Saligram Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Saligram is a medium size village located in Burdwan - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 461 families residing. The Saligram village has population of 1961 of which 982 are males while 979 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saligram village population of children with age 0-6 is 174 which makes up 8.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saligram village is 997 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Saligram as per census is 1231, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Saligram village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Saligram village was 74.87 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Saligram Male literacy stands at 82.41 % while female literacy rate was 67.16 %.

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

Saligram Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	461	-	-
Population	1,961	982	979
Child (0-6)	174	78	96
Schedule Caste	800	396	404
Schedule Tribe	57	31	26
Literacy	74.87 %	82.41 %	67.16 %
Total Workers	835	617	218
Main Worker	302	-	-
Marginal Worker	533	339	194

Caste Factor

In Saligram village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.80 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.91 % of total population in Saligram village.

Work Profile

In Saligram village out of total population, 835 were engaged in work activities. 36.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 835 workers engaged in Main Work, 177 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.