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Salhekalan Population - Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

Salhekalan is a medium size village located in Chhuikhadan Tehsil of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh with total 338 families residing. The Salhekalan village has population of 1915 of which 940 are males while 975 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salhekalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 253 which makes up 13.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salhekalan village is 1037 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Salhekalan as per census is 874, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Salhekalan village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Salhekalan village was 74.61 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Salhekalan Male literacy stands at 86.71 % while female literacy rate was 63.24 %.

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

Salhekalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 338 - -
Population 1,915 940 975
Child (0-6) 253 135 118
Schedule Caste 270 127 143
Schedule Tribe 50 24 26
Literacy 74.61 % 86.71 % 63.24 %
Total Workers 968 507 461
Main Worker 919 - -
Marginal Worker 49 27 22

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.10 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.61 % of total population in Salhekalan village.

Work Profile

In Salhekalan village out of total population, 968 were engaged in work activities. 94.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 968 workers engaged in Main Work, 521 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 337 were Agricultural labourer.