Salak Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Salak is a medium size village located in Bagda Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 456 families residing. The Salak village has population of 1936 of which 1029 are males while 907 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salak village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 10.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salak village is 881 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Salak as per census is 940, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Salak village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Salak village was 72.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Salak Male literacy stands at 79.44 % while female literacy rate was 65.56 %.

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

Salak Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	456	-	-
Population	1,936	1,029	907
Child (0-6)	194	100	94
Schedule Caste	1,024	548	476
Schedule Tribe	11	8	3
Literacy	72.96 %	79.44 %	65.56 %
Total Workers	740	656	84
Main Worker	664	-	-
Marginal Worker	76	52	24

Caste Factor

In Salak village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.89 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.57 % of total population in Salak village.

Work Profile

In Salak village out of total population, 740 were engaged in work activities. 89.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 740 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 374 were Agricultural labourer.