# Shalikona Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Shalikona

Shalikona is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,846 people in 419 households**, the 30th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,846people (2011)
- 419households
- 84.2%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalikona

Of every 100 households in Shalikona in 2011, 49 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalikona · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**66%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**80%

Use banking services ****44%**

**39%

Television ****30%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shalikona?

■ Shalikona · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1236**

**964

Working population ****35.1%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 82.4% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (26%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 187 (29%) · **■** Marginal 180 (28%)

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 Indus

- Bahalalpur1,923 people
- Haripur1,901 people
- Ratra1,898 people
- Dasarath Bati1,862 people
- Mahespur1,835 people
- Kharra1,776 people
- Pariksha Para1,689 people
- Haiyat Nagar1,671 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalikona?1,846 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalikona in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalikona?84.2% (Census 2011)