# Shalkap Village, Indpur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indpur, Bankura 

# Shalkap

Shalkap is a village in Indpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,004 people in 183 households**, the 62nd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 1,004people (2011)
- 183households
- 68.4%literacy
- 1,028females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalkap

Of every 100 households in Shalkap in 2011, 29 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shalkap · ■ Indpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**82%

Use banking services ****31%**

**48%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Shalkap?

■ Shalkap · ■ Indpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**932

Working population ****42.5%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 61.4% for women. 56% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 77 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (67%) · **■** Other work 50 (12%) · **■** Marginal 14 (3%)

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 Indpur

- Kadamdeuli1,038 people
- Gobindapur1,036 people
- Pathrator1,011 people
- Jirra1,007 people
- Ramchandrapur974 people
- Banshi972 people
- Purulia964 people
- Sialia933 people

[All 222 villages in Indpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalkap?1,004 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalkap in?Bankura district (Indpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalkap?68.4% (Census 2011)