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Shola Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Shola is a medium size village located in Chandrakona - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 220 families residing. The Shola village has population of 1007 of which 515 are males while 492 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shola village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 13.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shola village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shola as per census is 696, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shola village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shola village was 65.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shola Male literacy stands at 76.38 % while female literacy rate was 55.15 %.

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

Shola Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 220 - -
Population 1,007 515 492
Child (0-6) 134 79 55
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.75 % 76.38 % 55.15 %
Total Workers 286 266 20
Main Worker 23 - -
Marginal Worker 263 246 17

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Shola village of Paschim Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Shola village out of total population, 286 were engaged in work activities. 8.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 286 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.