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Sahalajpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Sahalajpur is a medium size village located in Panskura Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 233 families residing. The Sahalajpur village has population of 1194 of which 601 are males while 593 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahalajpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 16.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahalajpur village is 987 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahalajpur as per census is 902, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sahalajpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahalajpur village was 79.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sahalajpur Male literacy stands at 90.38 % while female literacy rate was 68.66 %.

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

Sahalajpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 233 - -
Population 1,194 601 593
Child (0-6) 194 102 92
Schedule Caste 1,088 546 542
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.50 % 90.38 % 68.66 %
Total Workers 634 371 263
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 580 323 257

Caste Factor

In Sahalajpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 91.12 % of total population in Sahalajpur village. The village Sahalajpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sahalajpur village out of total population, 634 were engaged in work activities. 8.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 634 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.