Salajpur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Salajpur is a medium size village located in Narayangarh Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 204 families residing. The Salajpur village has population of 977 of which 502 are males while 475 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salajpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 14.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salajpur village is 946 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Salajpur as per census is 890, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Salajpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Salajpur village was 71.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Salajpur Male literacy stands at 81.35 % while female literacy rate was 61.71 %.

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

Salajpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	204	-	-
Population	977	502	475
Child (0-6)	138	73	65
Schedule Caste	335	172	163
Schedule Tribe	369	190	179
Literacy	71.75 %	81.35 %	61.71 %
Total Workers	535	306	229
Main Worker	393	-	-
Marginal Worker	142	27	115

Caste Factor

In Salajpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.77 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 34.29 % of total population in Salajpur village.

Work Profile

In Salajpur village out of total population, 535 were engaged in work activities. 73.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 535 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 256 were Agricultural labourer.