# Shalkhair Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shalkhair

Shalkhair is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **138 people in 32 households**, the 221st largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 138people (2011)
- 32households
- 45.5%literacy
- 1,060females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalkhair

Of every 100 households in Shalkhair in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalkhair · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shalkhair?

■ Shalkhair · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1060**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****444**

**955

Working population ****55.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.0% for men and 41.3% for women. 57% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 63 (82%)

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 Kushmundi

- Lakshmijal176 people
- Kanthail173 people
- Chakdarbaru154 people
- Tilchar153 people
- Gilapukur135 people
- Milanhat84 people
- Khanpur75 people
- Birupur68 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalkhair?138 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalkhair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalkhair?45.5% (Census 2011)