Shaltora Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Shaltora is a medium size village located in Santuri Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 221 families residing. The Shaltora village has population of 941 of which 475 are males while 466 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shaltora village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 12.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shaltora village is 981 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shaltora as per census is 1088, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shaltora village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shaltora village was 75.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shaltora Male literacy stands at 89.47 % while female literacy rate was 61.39 %.

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

Shaltora Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	221	-	-
Population	941	475	466
Child (0-6)	119	57	62
Schedule Caste	359	181	178
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.67 %	89.47 %	61.39 %
Total Workers	300	248	52
Main Worker	97	-	-
Marginal Worker	203	156	47

Caste Factor

In Shaltora village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.15 % of total population in Shaltora village. The village Shaltora currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shaltora village out of total population, 300 were engaged in work activities. 32.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 300 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.