# Shailmail Village, Nalhati - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - II, Birbhum 

# Shailmail

Shailmail is a village in Nalhati - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **565 people in 113 households**, the 42nd largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.7%.

- 565people (2011)
- 113households
- 68.6%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shailmail

Of every 100 households in Shailmail in 2011, 42 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shailmail · ■ Nalhati - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****98%**

**48%

Television ****29%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****19%**

**49%

Own their home ****88%**

**94%

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 Shailmail?

■ Shailmail · ■ Nalhati - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**71.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**954

Working population ****31.9%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 58.4% for women. 60% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 59 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (62%) · **■** Other work 8 (4%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Nalhati - II

- Nidhia749 people
- Raghurambati735 people
- Kundapara642 people
- Thakurpur591 people
- Dangapara557 people
- Parkuta500 people
- Senpara297 people
- Mirjjapur204 people

[All 48 villages in Nalhati - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shailmail?565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shailmail in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shailmail?68.6% (Census 2011)