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Birbhum villages

West Bengal · Birbhum · Illambazar

Shalka

1,626
people at the 2011 Census · 844 male, 782 female

Population

Population
1,626India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
73.98%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
79.42%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
68.20%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
11.22 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
927 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
848 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
14.21%India 13.59%
SC %
17.84%India 16.63%
ST %
5.17%India 8.63%
Household
4.87India 4.85

Work

Workers
31.61%India 39.80%
Female Work
6.39%India 25.52%
Main Workers
28.79%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
68.39%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Shalka in context

With 1,626 people at the 2011 Census, Shalka was the 587th most populous of its district's 2458 villages, above the district average of 1,242.

Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 848, 75 below the rural national 923.