# Shalikona Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Shalikona

Shalikona is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,194 people in 254 households**, the 46th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 1,194people (2011)
- 254households
- 75.9%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalikona

Of every 100 households in Shalikona in 2011, 28 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalikona · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**36%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**85%

Use banking services ****7%**

**40%

Television ****18%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Shalikona?

■ Shalikona · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**922

Working population ****35.8%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 70.9% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 131 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (33%) · **■** Household industry 18 (4%) · **■** Other work 71 (17%) · **■** Marginal 67 (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 Goghat - II

- Satberia1,378 people
- Datpur1,332 people
- Pundahit1,317 people
- Senai1,195 people
- Kotai1,185 people
- Chandpur1,177 people
- Kumarganj1,171 people
- Narasinbati1,157 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalikona?1,194 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalikona in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalikona?75.9% (Census 2011)