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Shancha Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Shancha is a medium size village located in Goghat - I Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 181 families residing. The Shancha village has population of 841 of which 428 are males while 413 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shancha village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 7.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shancha village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shancha as per census is 1393, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shancha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shancha village was 83.98 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shancha Male literacy stands at 92.75 % while female literacy rate was 74.60 %.

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

Shancha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 181 - -
Population 841 428 413
Child (0-6) 67 28 39
Schedule Caste 351 177 174
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.98 % 92.75 % 74.60 %
Total Workers 315 293 22
Main Worker 305 - -
Marginal Worker 10 8 2

Caste Factor

In Shancha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.74 % of total population in Shancha village. The village Shancha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shancha village out of total population, 315 were engaged in work activities. 96.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 315 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 135 were Agricultural labourer.