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Salanchi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Salanchi is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 293 families residing. The Salanchi village has population of 1476 of which 755 are males while 721 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salanchi village population of children with age 0-6 is 162 which makes up 10.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salanchi village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Salanchi as per census is 1189, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Salanchi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Salanchi village was 61.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Salanchi Male literacy stands at 74.45 % while female literacy rate was 47.08 %.

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

Salanchi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 293 - -
Population 1,476 755 721
Child (0-6) 162 74 88
Schedule Caste 833 443 390
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.26 % 74.45 % 47.08 %
Total Workers 525 412 113
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 471 365 106

Caste Factor

In Salanchi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.44 % of total population in Salanchi village. The village Salanchi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salanchi village out of total population, 525 were engaged in work activities. 10.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 525 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.