# Shalchura Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Shalchura

Shalchura is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **997 people in 221 households**, the 57th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 997people (2011)
- 221households
- 79.6%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalchura

Of every 100 households in Shalchura in 2011, 58 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalchura · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%**

**80%

Use banking services ****87%**

**68%

Television ****33%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shalchura?

■ Shalchura · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**954

Working population ****40.9%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 69.8% for women. 61% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 70 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (15%) · **■** Other work 165 (40%) · **■** Marginal 110 (27%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chhatna

- Keshra1,030 people
- Shushunia Jamthol1,018 people
- Chaka1,017 people
- Lari1,008 people
- Rangametia987 people
- Phul Kusuma984 people
- Katharia964 people
- Gara962 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalchura?997 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalchura in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalchura?79.6% (Census 2011)