Salghara Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Salghara is a medium size village located in Kalna - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 444 families residing. The Salghara village has population of 1791 of which 938 are males while 853 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salghara village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 9.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salghara village is 909 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Salghara as per census is 849, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Salghara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Salghara village was 82.77 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Salghara Male literacy stands at 88.76 % while female literacy rate was 76.23 %.

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

Salghara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	444	-	-
Population	1,791	938	853
Child (0-6)	172	93	79
Schedule Caste	808	410	398
Schedule Tribe	78	37	41
Literacy	82.77 %	88.76 %	76.23 %
Total Workers	658	609	49
Main Worker	608	-	-
Marginal Worker	50	48	2

Caste Factor

In Salghara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.11 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.36 % of total population in Salghara village.

Work Profile

In Salghara village out of total population, 658 were engaged in work activities. 92.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 658 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 428 were Agricultural labourer.