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Shelya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Shelya is a medium size village located in Sabang Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 100 families residing. The Shelya village has population of 404 of which 200 are males while 204 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shelya village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 10.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shelya village is 1020 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shelya as per census is 1158, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shelya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shelya village was 87.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shelya Male literacy stands at 96.13 % while female literacy rate was 79.67 %.

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

Shelya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 100 - -
Population 404 200 204
Child (0-6) 41 19 22
Schedule Caste 24 12 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.88 % 96.13 % 79.67 %
Total Workers 236 123 113
Main Worker 122 - -
Marginal Worker 114 12 102

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.94 % of total population in Shelya village. The village Shelya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shelya village out of total population, 236 were engaged in work activities. 51.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 236 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.