# Shaluka Village, Binpur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Binpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shaluka

Shaluka is a village in Binpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **518 people in 91 households**, the 85th largest of 427 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 518people (2011)
- 91households
- 79.5%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shaluka

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

■ Shaluka · ■ Binpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**34%

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

**8%

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

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**19%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**25%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**25%

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 Shaluka?

■ Shaluka · ■ Binpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**954

Working population ****34.4%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 70.7% for women. 60% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (80%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (4%) · **■** Marginal 7 (4%)

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 Binpur - I

- Barajamda534 people
- Jaynagar528 people
- Sarasbedia523 people
- Salpatra519 people
- Jarkasuli508 people
- Uddhabpur508 people
- Jangalkhas501 people
- Gopalpur497 people

[All 553 villages in Binpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/binpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shaluka?518 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shaluka in?Paschim Medinipur district (Binpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shaluka?79.5% (Census 2011)