# Shalkota Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Shalkota

Shalkota is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **374 people in 75 households**, the 122nd largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 374people (2011)
- 75households
- 67.3%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalkota

Of every 100 households in Shalkota in 2011, 38 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalkota · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**22%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**81%

Use banking services ****61%**

**44%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**19%

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 Shalkota?

■ Shalkota · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**946

Working population ****54.5%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 56.0% for women. 64% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 62 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (66%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Patrasayer

- Bhaluka458 people
- Bankishol447 people
- Dakshin Gobindapur447 people
- Goala Danga416 people
- Kamar Bera357 people
- Bhetia345 people
- Sonakara342 people
- Radha Damodarpur341 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalkota?374 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalkota in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalkota?67.3% (Census 2011)