Shalaya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Shalaya is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 211 families residing. The Shalaya village has population of 946 of which 473 are males while 473 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shalaya village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 14.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shalaya village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shalaya as per census is 1077, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shalaya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shalaya village was 71.89 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shalaya Male literacy stands at 83.82 % while female literacy rate was 59.80 %.

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

Shalaya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	211	-	-
Population	946	473	473
Child (0-6)	135	65	70
Schedule Caste	216	108	108
Schedule Tribe	391	191	200
Literacy	71.89 %	83.82 %	59.80 %
Total Workers	431	267	164
Main Worker	247	-	-
Marginal Worker	184	60	124

Caste Factor

In Shalaya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.33 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 22.83 % of total population in Shalaya village.

Work Profile

In Shalaya village out of total population, 431 were engaged in work activities. 57.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 431 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 142 were Agricultural labourer.