# Shalchaturia Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Shalchaturia

Shalchaturia is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **853 people in 164 households**, the 69th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 853people (2011)
- 164households
- 69.8%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalchaturia

Of every 100 households in Shalchaturia in 2011, 30 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalchaturia · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**37%

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

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**75%

Use banking services ****16%**

**53%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shalchaturia?

■ Shalchaturia · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**948

Working population ****49.9%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 60.0% for women. 61% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 138 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (7%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 109 (26%) · **■** Marginal 138 (32%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Chaitanpur890 people
- Amrita Para886 people
- Katnia871 people
- Harishchandrapur865 people
- Saheb Ganj822 people
- Paschim Patrahati820 people
- Goursunderpur819 people
- Sonamukhi797 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalchaturia?853 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalchaturia in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalchaturia?69.8% (Census 2011)