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Sholpeta Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Sholpeta is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 92 families residing. The Sholpeta village has population of 363 of which 192 are males while 171 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sholpeta village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 8.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sholpeta village is 891 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sholpeta as per census is 429, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sholpeta village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sholpeta village was 92.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sholpeta Male literacy stands at 100.00 % while female literacy rate was 83.95 %.

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

Sholpeta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 92 - -
Population 363 192 171
Child (0-6) 30 21 9
Schedule Caste 88 47 41
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 92.19 % 100.00 % 83.95 %
Total Workers 120 116 4
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 32 31 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.24 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.28 % of total population in Sholpeta village.

Work Profile

In Sholpeta village out of total population, 120 were engaged in work activities. 73.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.