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Shalband Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Shalband is a medium size village located in Garbeta - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 93 families residing. The Shalband village has population of 486 of which 234 are males while 252 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shalband village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 16.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shalband village is 1077 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shalband as per census is 1079, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shalband village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shalband village was 81.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shalband Male literacy stands at 95.92 % while female literacy rate was 67.77 %.

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

Shalband Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 93 - -
Population 486 234 252
Child (0-6) 79 38 41
Schedule Caste 277 132 145
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.33 % 95.92 % 67.77 %
Total Workers 237 135 102
Main Worker 129 - -
Marginal Worker 108 14 94

Caste Factor

In Shalband village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.00 % of total population in Shalband village. The village Shalband currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shalband village out of total population, 237 were engaged in work activities. 54.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 237 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.