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Parahar Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Parahar is a medium size village located in Gazole Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 334 families residing. The Parahar village has population of 1478 of which 769 are males while 709 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 190 which makes up 12.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parahar village is 922 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Parahar as per census is 919, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Parahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Parahar village was 50.54 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Parahar Male literacy stands at 60.30 % while female literacy rate was 39.97 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Parahar 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 Parahar village.

Parahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 334 - -
Population 1,478 769 709
Child (0-6) 190 99 91
Schedule Caste 579 302 277
Schedule Tribe 470 250 220
Literacy 50.54 % 60.30 % 39.97 %
Total Workers 812 456 356
Main Worker 423 - -
Marginal Worker 389 94 295

Caste Factor

In Parahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.17 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 31.80 % of total population in Parahar village.

Work Profile

In Parahar village out of total population, 812 were engaged in work activities. 52.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 812 workers engaged in Main Work, 154 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 231 were Agricultural labourer.