# Shaltora Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Shaltora

Shaltora is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **362 people in 69 households**, the 58th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 362people (2011)
- 69households
- 48.8%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shaltora

Of every 100 households in Shaltora in 2011, 6 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shaltora · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****37%**

**52%

Use banking services ****37%**

**36%

Television ****7%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Shaltora?

■ Shaltora · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.8%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****789**

**937

Working population ****42.3%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.5% for men and 36.6% for women. 59% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 37 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (8%) · **■** Other work 103 (67%)

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 Mejhia

- Kendut448 people
- Mukundapur422 people
- Natshala395 people
- Raydi395 people
- Shyampur283 people
- Indara275 people
- Benagarya272 people
- Murra265 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shaltora?362 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shaltora in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shaltora?48.8% (Census 2011)