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Shalpara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Shalpara is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 92 families residing. The Shalpara village has population of 486 of which 239 are males while 247 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shalpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 7.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shalpara village is 1033 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shalpara as per census is 1118, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shalpara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shalpara village was 79.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shalpara Male literacy stands at 92.79 % while female literacy rate was 66.23 %.

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

Shalpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 92 - -
Population 486 239 247
Child (0-6) 36 17 19
Schedule Caste 96 50 46
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.33 % 92.79 % 66.23 %
Total Workers 126 113 13
Main Worker 62 - -
Marginal Worker 64 55 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.75 % of total population in Shalpara village. The village Shalpara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shalpara village out of total population, 126 were engaged in work activities. 49.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 126 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.