# Shalikhai Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shalikhai

Shalikhai is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **725 people in 168 households**, the 57th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 725people (2011)
- 168households
- 90.8%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalikhai

Of every 100 households in Shalikhai in 2011, 33 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shalikhai · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****16%**

**43%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**22%

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 Shalikhai?

■ Shalikhai · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.8%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**946

Working population ****31.3%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 84.8% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 128 (56%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (29%) · **■** Other work 28 (12%) · **■** Marginal 6 (3%)

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 Mohanpur

- Atharbatia786 people
- Palashia770 people
- Tildapara765 people
- Bhatia730 people
- Adalpur711 people
- Gotsanda700 people
- Padima690 people
- Bhimdebchak671 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalikhai?725 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalikhai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalikhai?90.8% (Census 2011)