# Shalikagarchak Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Shalikagarchak

Shalikagarchak is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,912 people in 683 households**, the 19th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 2,912people (2011)
- 683households
- 90.9%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalikagarchak

Of every 100 households in Shalikagarchak in 2011, 43 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalikagarchak · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**45%

Television ****31%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Shalikagarchak?

■ Shalikagarchak · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**972

Working population ****50.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.6% for men and 85.8% for women. 61% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 416 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 218 (15%) · **■** Household industry 131 (9%) · **■** Other work 198 (13%) · **■** Marginal 506 (34%)

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 Tamluk

- Murari Kalua3,345 people
- Nischinta Basan3,195 people
- Rajnagar Baharjala3,144 people
- Harasankar Khamarchak3,072 people
- Kanthibar2,911 people
- Maishali2,900 people
- Nimtori2,810 people
- Jashdumbur2,687 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalikagarchak?2,912 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalikagarchak in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalikagarchak?90.9% (Census 2011)