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Sholagere Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Sholagere is a medium size village located in Garbeta - III Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 380 families residing. The Sholagere village has population of 1767 of which 899 are males while 868 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sholagere village population of children with age 0-6 is 211 which makes up 11.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sholagere village is 966 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sholagere as per census is 1069, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sholagere village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sholagere village was 67.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sholagere Male literacy stands at 73.15 % while female literacy rate was 61.26 %.

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

Sholagere Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 380 - -
Population 1,767 899 868
Child (0-6) 211 102 109
Schedule Caste 714 366 348
Schedule Tribe 259 125 134
Literacy 67.35 % 73.15 % 61.26 %
Total Workers 895 622 273
Main Worker 729 - -
Marginal Worker 166 38 128

Caste Factor

In Sholagere village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.41 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 14.66 % of total population in Sholagere village.

Work Profile

In Sholagere village out of total population, 895 were engaged in work activities. 81.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 895 workers engaged in Main Work, 271 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 347 were Agricultural labourer.