Chhota Salkumar Population, Caste, Working Data Jalpaiguri, West Bengal - Census 2011

Chhota Salkumar is a village situated in Falakata block of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 967 families residing in the village Chhota Salkumar. The total population of Chhota Salkumar is 4,515 out of which 2,358 are males and 2,157 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Chhota Salkumar is 915.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Chhota Salkumar village is 576 which is 13% of the total population. There are 294 male children and 282 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Chhota Salkumar is 959 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (915) of Chhota Salkumar village.

Population
4,515
Families
967
Literacy
65.73%
Sex Ratio
915

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Chhota Salkumar is 65.7%. Thus Chhota Salkumar village has higher literacy rate compared to 64.5% of Jalpaiguri district. The male literacy rate is 71.17% and the female literacy rate is 59.73% in Chhota Salkumar village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Chhota Salkumar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Chhota Salkumar Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Chhota Salkumar village.

Total Male Female
Children 576 294 282
Literacy 65.73% 71.17% 59.73%
Scheduled Caste 2,862 1,491 1,371
Scheduled Tribe 721 370 351
Illiterate 1,926 889 1,037

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.4% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 16% of total population in Chhota Salkumar village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Chhota Salkumar village out of total population, 1,453 were engaged in work activities. 89.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,453 workers engaged in Main Work, 206 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 876 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 1,299 1,221 78
Cultivators 206 200 6
Agriculture Labourer 876 823 53
Household Industries 26 25 1
Other Workers 191 173 18
Marginal Workers 154 122 32
Non Working 3,062 1,015 2,047

Nearby Villages to Chhota Salkumar,

Below are the list of villages near Chhota Salkumar village in Falakata.

Village Population
Talukertari 5,020
Paschim Salkumar 3,693
Mairadanga 6,167
Umacharanpur 5,612
Satpukuria 4,732
Khauchandpara 5,222
Jogendrapur 4,204
Badaitari 3,788
Harinathpur 3,844
Sibnathpur 5,166

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