Shalmara Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Shalmara is a small village located in Sabang Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 43 families residing. The Shalmara village has population of 189 of which 104 are males while 85 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shalmara village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 10.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shalmara village is 817 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shalmara as per census is 583, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shalmara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shalmara village was 89.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shalmara Male literacy stands at 92.39 % while female literacy rate was 85.90 %.

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

Shalmara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	43	-	-
Population	189	104	85
Child (0-6)	19	12	7
Schedule Caste	167	91	76
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	89.41 %	92.39 %	85.90 %
Total Workers	152	78	74
Main Worker	13	-	-
Marginal Worker	139	67	72

Caste Factor

In Shalmara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 88.36 % of total population in Shalmara village. The village Shalmara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shalmara village out of total population, 152 were engaged in work activities. 8.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 152 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.