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

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Shaldiha

Shaldiha is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,504 people in 509 households**, the 3rd largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 2,504people (2011)
- 509households
- 65.5%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shaldiha

Of every 100 households in Shaldiha in 2011, 30 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shaldiha · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**80%

Use banking services ****58%**

**68%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shaldiha?

■ Shaldiha · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**954

Working population ****39.8%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 49.7% for women. 55% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 191 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (11%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 288 (29%) · **■** Marginal 393 (39%)

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

- Lakshminarayanpur3,542 people
- Kantasol2,753 people
- Saluni2,286 people
- Kamalpur2,214 people
- Barbakra2,188 people
- Arra2,127 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shaldiha?2,504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shaldiha in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shaldiha?65.5% (Census 2011)