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Pestharjhar Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Pestharjhar is a large village located in Cooch Behar - II Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 1269 families residing. The Pestharjhar village has population of 5536 of which 2848 are males while 2688 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pestharjhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 628 which makes up 11.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pestharjhar village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pestharjhar as per census is 987, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pestharjhar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pestharjhar village was 79.10 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pestharjhar Male literacy stands at 84.64 % while female literacy rate was 73.19 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pestharjhar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Pestharjhar village.

Pestharjhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,269 - -
Population 5,536 2,848 2,688
Child (0-6) 628 316 312
Schedule Caste 3,774 1,933 1,841
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.10 % 84.64 % 73.19 %
Total Workers 1,899 1,583 316
Main Worker 1,707 - -
Marginal Worker 192 76 116

Caste Factor

In Pestharjhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 68.17 % of total population in Pestharjhar village. The village Pestharjhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pestharjhar village out of total population, 1899 were engaged in work activities. 89.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1899 workers engaged in Main Work, 165 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 285 were Agricultural labourer.