# Shalchur Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Shalchur

Shalchur is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **468 people in 102 households**, the 91st largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 468people (2011)
- 102households
- 69.1%literacy
- 835females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalchur

Of every 100 households in Shalchur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Shalchur · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**91%

Tap water ****19%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**66%

Use banking services ****95%**

**45%

Television ****21%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**36%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Shalchur?

■ Shalchur · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****835**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****759**

**939

Working population ****25.4%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 57.1% for women. 44% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 83 (70%) · **■** Marginal 19 (16%)

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 Saltora

- Maldihi516 people
- Niamatpur504 people
- Salbeda501 people
- Ranjitpur492 people
- Jadabpur453 people
- Latulia447 people
- Narayanpur432 people
- Barasal431 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalchur?468 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalchur in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalchur?69.1% (Census 2011)