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Salkhara Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Salkhara is a medium size village located in Patrasayer Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 336 families residing. The Salkhara village has population of 1630 of which 820 are males while 810 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salkhara village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 12.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salkhara village is 988 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Salkhara as per census is 1061, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Salkhara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Salkhara village was 61.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Salkhara Male literacy stands at 71.98 % while female literacy rate was 51.77 %.

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

Salkhara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 336 - -
Population 1,630 820 810
Child (0-6) 204 99 105
Schedule Caste 820 409 411
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 61.99 % 71.98 % 51.77 %
Total Workers 724 497 227
Main Worker 680 - -
Marginal Worker 44 26 18

Caste Factor

In Salkhara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.12 % of total population in Salkhara village.

Work Profile

In Salkhara village out of total population, 724 were engaged in work activities. 93.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 724 workers engaged in Main Work, 216 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 423 were Agricultural labourer.